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i am writing a task rota with many personnell in it
i.e. sweeping -- jones
cooking ----- thomas
washing ---- edwards
how can I make sure that the peoples names dont appear twice,
I will be grateful for any suggestions
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Hi
see:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/NoDupEntry.htm

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i am writing a task rota with many personnell in it
i.e. sweeping -- jones
cooking ----- thomas
washing ---- edwards
how can I make sure that the peoples names dont appear twice,
I will be grateful for any suggestions

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Do you want to trap it on input (some event error) or just flag the
duplicates (say in colour)?

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i am writing a task rota with many personnell in it
i.e. sweeping -- jones
cooking ----- thomas
washing ---- edwards
how can I make sure that the peoples names dont appear twice,
I will be grateful for any suggestions



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