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I have a column of data on an Excel spreadsheet that should be unique codes.
I want to highlight any cells that contain duplicated data. Any idea how to
do this?
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use conditional formatting
formatconditional format
formula
=countif(d:d,d1)1
format as desired
apply to all desired cells

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I have a column of data on an Excel spreadsheet that should be unique
codes.
I want to highlight any cells that contain duplicated data. Any idea how
to
do this?
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See Chip Pearson's site for working with and highlighting duplicates.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/duplic...tingDuplicates


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

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I have a column of data on an Excel spreadsheet that should be unique codes.
I want to highlight any cells that contain duplicated data. Any idea how to
do this?


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