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    find duplicates in two columns and highlight whole row

    Hello I cant seem to find a valid formula to check the data between two columns and high light the row if its a match.

    here is my example.


    Row 1 column A, Column B,
    Row 2 smith,jane doe,john
    Row 3 tribet,Jake smith,jane


    I would like to verify data from column A to see if there are duplicates in column B and highlight that row if there are. so row two would be highlighted. I have tried different variations of conditional formatting but nothing seems to work. I have tried this formula as example =COUNTIF($A$1:$A$100,A1)>1

    any help greatly appreciated.

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    Re: find duplicates in two columns and highlight whole row

    Should your Conditional Formula not be based against the Col B range rather than the A range ?

    Assuming that to be the case...ie highlight A if value appears in B ... you could also use the following rule:

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