if you either know Access or are willing to try if you have Access, import
the two into one table and generate a report by grouping the companies. this
will keep like info together for comparison.



"James" wrote in message
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I have two spreadsheets that contain names, addresses, telephone numbers,
etc. of prospects. Both sheets have about 4000+- contacts. I want to
compare the two and accomplish a couple things but i'll just start with
the
first and go from the

I want to see what companies are found on both lists so that i can compare
the names and addresses and update one list against the other (one is new
and
one is old).

Any ideas on the best way to go about this?