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Comparing two workbooks and highlighting the differences
Hello,
I have GS072506.xls and GS072606.xls. Basically I run a daily report that generates a spreadsheet. The spreadsheets always have the exact same row and column format. However, the contents within the individual cells may or may not change from day to day. I would like to find a way to compare 'todays' spreadsheet with 'yesterdays' spreadsheet and have the changes highlighted in BOLDED RED font on 'todays' spreadsheet. For example, I would like to compare GS072606.xls (which was generated today) with GS072506.xls (which was generated yesterday) and highlight (BOLD RED font) the text that is in GS072606.xls but not in GS072506.xls . Thank you! Charles C. |
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Comparing two workbooks and highlighting the differences
You can use a formula that you insert into todays sheet in a blank column to lookup the id number or any other identifying data for a record and then use conditional formatting based on the result of that formula. Formula =ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A2,'7-25-06'!$A$2:$C$5,2,FALSE)) I've attached a file that contains two sheets (you can change this to to separate files) and compares the first sheet to the next using the formula above and then applies conditional formatting to the data that is not contained on the old sheet. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: compare2sheets.zip | |Download: http://www.excelforum.com/attachment.php?postid=5107 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Excelenator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Excelenator's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36768 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=565161 |
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