Thank you, yes I have got multiple words in both columns, I have pasted
Frank's formula in, but it seems to give inconsistent results. e.g.
Mr C Smith has matched with Mr Smith, but on another row, Mr D Findlay
hasn't matched with Mr Findlay.

I think I may have to do tis one by eye.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

What are the rules, can there be multiple words in both columns like

Green Apples Pears that are green
Juicy Pears Juicy Tangerines
I want red apples Apple juice is awful

If that's the case it basically impossible, if it is one word in B like in
your example, then you already got an answer, use a third column with Frank's
formula and later filter on that formula

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"LizJ" wrote:

I want to compare one column of text data with another, but not all of the
information is the same. I don't need to know whether the data is exact, I
simply want to know if it is alike.

Eg.
A B
Green Apples Apples
Juicy Pears Tree

If any part of the two cells are the same, e.g. as Row 1 I want to be able
to return a value. Is auto filtering the only way to do this.