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How to find duplicate that is only contained partially in a cell
Hi, I'm aware of the Conditional Formatting that highlights duplicate values, however, how can I have excel find the duplicates within a partial cell? For example, if I am trying to find du...
If one cell contains "12345" and another contains "56789", should they be highlighted since both have a "5"?
Same question for "Excel" and "PowerPoint", since both have an "e".
Dear Hans, thanks so much for your reply and you bring up a really good point!
I agree that it wouldn't make sense if searching for "e" among Excel and Powerpoint words.
What if in one cell, it contains multiple words like "Excel, Powerpoint, Word" and I only want to search for the word "Excel" then? Because I am trying to search for a unique name (clinical trial protocol ID) which it would not duplicate with the other cells.
I agree that it wouldn't make sense if searching for "e" among Excel and Powerpoint words.
What if in one cell, it contains multiple words like "Excel, Powerpoint, Word" and I only want to search for the word "Excel" then? Because I am trying to search for a unique name (clinical trial protocol ID) which it would not duplicate with the other cells.