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    conditional formatting highlight duplicates (when data is across two columns)

    Hi There,

    can someone help me out -

    I need to apply conditional formatting to highlight when someone's name appears twice on my list (highlighting all entries) When the first name and surnames in separate columns Example attached


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    Re: conditional formatting highlight duplicates (when data is across two columns)

    =if(sum(if($c$6:$c$2000&$d$6:$d$2000=$c6&$d6,1,0))+sum(if($c$6:$c$2000&$d$6:$d$2000=$d6&$c6,1,0))>1,1,0)
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    Re: conditional formatting highlight duplicates (when data is across two columns)

    That worked perfect. Thank you!!

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