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can excel compare two lists and highlight the items not on both lists?
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The answer is yes.
Suppose you have a list in column A and another list in column C. Highlight column A, so that A1 is the active cell and click on Format | Conditional Formatting. Choose Formula Is rather than Cell Value Is in the first box and enter this formula in the next box: =NOT(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,C:C,0))) Then click the Format button, then the Patterns tab (for background colour) and choose your colour. OK your way out. Then highlight column C and repeat with this formula: =NOT(ISNUMBER(MATCH(C1,A:A,0))) The highlighted items are not in both lists. Hope this helps. Pete On Oct 13, 12:48*am, Jim S. wrote: can excel compare two lists and highlight the items not on both lists? -- J. Sorensen |
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Hello,
Thanks Pete. It is wonderful. It will be of help to me in many cases. Regards, Jaleel "Pete_UK" wrote: The answer is yes. Suppose you have a list in column A and another list in column C. Highlight column A, so that A1 is the active cell and click on Format | Conditional Formatting. Choose Formula Is rather than Cell Value Is in the first box and enter this formula in the next box: =NOT(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,C:C,0))) Then click the Format button, then the Patterns tab (for background colour) and choose your colour. OK your way out. Then highlight column C and repeat with this formula: =NOT(ISNUMBER(MATCH(C1,A:A,0))) The highlighted items are not in both lists. Hope this helps. Pete On Oct 13, 12:48 am, Jim S. wrote: can excel compare two lists and highlight the items not on both lists? -- J. Sorensen |
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You're welcome, Jaleel - thanks for feeding back.
Pete On Oct 13, 10:14*am, Jaleel wrote: Hello, Thanks Pete. *It is wonderful. *It will be of help to me in many cases. Regards, Jaleel "Pete_UK" wrote: The answer is yes. Suppose you have a list in column A and another list in column C. Highlight column A, so that A1 is the active cell and click on Format | Conditional Formatting. Choose Formula Is rather than Cell Value Is in the first box and enter this formula in the next box: =NOT(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,C:C,0))) Then click the Format button, then the Patterns tab (for background colour) and choose your colour. OK your way out. Then highlight column C and repeat with this formula: =NOT(ISNUMBER(MATCH(C1,A:A,0))) The highlighted items are not in both lists. Hope this helps. Pete On Oct 13, 12:48 am, Jim S. wrote: can excel compare two lists and highlight the items not on both lists? -- J. Sorensen- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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