Rick, thanks for the reply. This works fine, but when I copy the formula to
another column, (and change the column letter in the formula), the result is
the actual formula for some reason. It seems just looking at the formula with
the fx button changes something and it then stops working (just continues to
show formula). Does that make sense? Appreciate your help, -Kevin

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

Try this formula...

=IF(SUMPRODUCT((H11:H998=H8)*(H12:H999=H9)*IF(MOD( ROW(H11:H998)-11,3)=0,1,""))=0,"No
duplicates","There is at least one duplicate")

It is good to the combination of cells H998 and H999. If you need more or
less, increase of decrease each by 3 at a time.

Rick


"Kevin" wrote in message
...
Fred, thanks for responding. The code I gave you is just a small sampling
as
there are many rows to deal with. I'm not so worried about the time it
takes
to input the code as the time it may take to debug a problem later. What
I'm
doing is simply making a scheduling sheet for employees. The reason I need
2
conditions met is to see if someone is trying to schedule the same person
at
the same time in a different room, and if so have an error pop up. I hope
that helps, thanks -Kevin

"Fred Smith" wrote:

Well, you could lose the AND function. It's not doing anything.

Other than that, we need to know what else you want to do with the
formula.
Even if it takes "forever" to input, once it's in, what's the problem?

Regards,
Fred.

"Kevin" wrote in message
...
I need to determine if any of the following groups of cells match each
other.
For instance, H8&H9 match H11&H12, or H14&H15 match H8&H9, or H11&H12
match
H14&h15, etc...these cells contain a name and text that I don't want
repeated
in the same column. If so, an error appears. I'm using dropdowns for
all
the
cells if that matters. The following formula is used for one cell under
conditional formatting and is the closest I can come to a solution, but
this
will take forever to input...all ideas appreciated.
=AND(OR(H8&H9=H11&H12,H8&H9=H14&H15,H8&H9=H17&H18, H8&H9=H20&H21,H8&H9=H23&H24,H8&H9=H26&H27,H8&H9=H2 9&H30))