Add colour to first duplicate and select
Hi Xls Community.
I have 1826 cells with duplicates. I used the formula =COUNTIF($A$2:$A$1826,A2)=1 to identify the all duplicates. I would like xls to add colour only to the first duplicated and select all coloured cells to copy and given the choice to paste in another column. Your help is welcome. Thanks |
Add colour to first duplicate and select
First, let's change your formula around to only identify the first duplicate:
=IF(AND(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$1826,A2)1,COUNTIF($A$2:$A 2,A2)=1),A2) Under Format-Conditional Format, setttings are "Cell Value is:", not equal to, FALSE Pick desired color. Then, to select only those cells, select entire column of formula, and press Ctrl+g. Click special, and then choose formula, with only text and numbers checked. You can now copy these cells, and do a paste special - values only into a column of choice. Note that it's possible to record those last couple of steps as a macro if you wish to somehow automate the process for future usues. -- Best Regards, Luke M *Remember to click "yes" if this post helped you!* "sebastico" wrote: Hi Xls Community. I have 1826 cells with duplicates. I used the formula =COUNTIF($A$2:$A$1826,A2)=1 to identify the all duplicates. I would like xls to add colour only to the first duplicated and select all coloured cells to copy and given the choice to paste in another column. Your help is welcome. Thanks |
Add colour to first duplicate and select
Maybe, the OP wanted the first <duplicate value highlighted (not the first
value) then he could use =IF(AND(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$1826,A2)1,COUNTIF($A$2:$A 2,A2)=2),A2) best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme remove caps from email "Luke M" wrote in message ... First, let's change your formula around to only identify the first duplicate: =IF(AND(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$1826,A2)1,COUNTIF($A$2:$A 2,A2)=1),A2) Under Format-Conditional Format, setttings are "Cell Value is:", not equal to, FALSE Pick desired color. Then, to select only those cells, select entire column of formula, and press Ctrl+g. Click special, and then choose formula, with only text and numbers checked. You can now copy these cells, and do a paste special - values only into a column of choice. Note that it's possible to record those last couple of steps as a macro if you wish to somehow automate the process for future usues. -- Best Regards, Luke M *Remember to click "yes" if this post helped you!* "sebastico" wrote: Hi Xls Community. I have 1826 cells with duplicates. I used the formula =COUNTIF($A$2:$A$1826,A2)=1 to identify the all duplicates. I would like xls to add colour only to the first duplicated and select all coloured cells to copy and given the choice to paste in another column. Your help is welcome. Thanks |
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