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How to search a worksheet for text-value matches?
I am using a workload log spreadsheet to enter individual customers names
daily as requests come in. To avoid entering customers twice by accident i would like to know if there is any way to enter a customers name in a formula, which will then search a column within the log and comeup with any matches, so i can see if my entry is being duplicated. |
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How to search a worksheet for text-value matches?
You could use data validation. Select your range, in this case A1 - A100 then
data|validation|Custom enter this formula =COUNTIF($A$1:$A$100,A1)=1 Mike "AdanaDarke" wrote: I am using a workload log spreadsheet to enter individual customers names daily as requests come in. To avoid entering customers twice by accident i would like to know if there is any way to enter a customers name in a formula, which will then search a column within the log and comeup with any matches, so i can see if my entry is being duplicated. |
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How to search a worksheet for text-value matches?
Take a look at how Chip Pearson pevents duplicates.
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/NoDupEntry.aspx Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 03:53:01 -0800, AdanaDarke wrote: I am using a workload log spreadsheet to enter individual customers names daily as requests come in. To avoid entering customers twice by accident i would like to know if there is any way to enter a customers name in a formula, which will then search a column within the log and comeup with any matches, so i can see if my entry is being duplicated. |
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