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Bilosta
Jan 31, 2024Copper Contributor
remove Conditional formatting for specific duplicates,
Hi all,
I have situation where I have conditional formatting in column E for duplicates. in column E I need to have unique references but sometimes I do not have any reference for some row, and I need to write N/A (non-applicable). Now Excel highlight me that cells as duplicates, but I do not want that cell to be highlighted. So is there any rule that I can say that excel ignore N/A (or any other reference) as duplicates.
thanks.
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- LorenzoSilver Contributor
Hi Bilosta
You cannot achieve what you expect with the built-in Cond. Format Highlight Duplicate Values rule. Instead you'll have to setup a custom rule using a formula:
Cond. Format rule that applies to =$E$2:$E$14 for the above example:
=AND($E2 <> "n/a", COUNTIF($E$2:$E$14,$E2) > 1)
If not already the case I would recommend you to format your data as Table
Corresponding sample is available here