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JKPieterse
Feb 05, 2024Silver Contributor
Conditional formatting duplicates doesn't highlight them
I have the strangest thing. I have a workbook with three columns listing 4 rows of formulas preceded by an apostrophe, to convert them to text. Each row contains the same formula. I can prove it by d...
HansVogelaar
Feb 05, 2024MVP
It looks like Excel is trying to be too clever once again. Even though the apostrophes cause the values to be text, I suspect that Excel still sees formulas.
If you delete all the = signs from A2:C5, the cells will be highlighted.
But it gets weirder. If you remove the = from A2 and B2, Excel will highlight A2, B2 and C2.
I'd report a bug...
JKPieterse
Feb 05, 2024Silver Contributor
HansVogelaar I figured as much, but thought I'd ask in case I missed something obvious. Bug reported!