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How to highlight duplicates in multiple cells

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    How to highlight duplicates in multiple cells

    Hi, I have a list of data as follows,
    A B C
    1 J44 A13 A45
    2 J44 B56 N67
    3 B78 C67 C34
    4 J44 A13 A45
    5 Y84 T56 V67

    I want to be able to find and highlight duplicate rows, i.e. in the list above rows 1 and 4 are duplicates, is there a way to highlight both rows? (Note my list of data carries on for 10000 rows, that is why I must find a fast efficient way to find and highlight duplicates rather than manually find them).

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    Re: How to highlight duplicates in multiple cells

    hi nav505. select the range you want to apply to (say from A1:A10)
    go to Home -> Conditional Formatting -> New Rule -> Use a formula to determine which cells to format -> Format values where this formula is true:
    =SUMPRODUCT(--($A$1:$A$5&$B$1:$B$5&$C$1:$C$5=$A1&$B1&$C1))>1

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    Re: How to highlight duplicates in multiple cells

    Thank you so much

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