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What is the easiest formula to use when looking for duplicates in a column?

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Hi,

Something like

=COUNTIF(A$1:A$100,A1)

Copy this down, anytime the value is greater than 1 you have a duplicate.
Apply an autofilter to this formula column for greater than 1.

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See:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/Duplicates.aspx
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