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    highlight cells with same pattern

    Hi,

    how can i change colors of cells in a column, if same pattern of data is repeated above.

    ie if both A6 & A10 and C6 & C10 are same.

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    Re: excel newbie help

    Lookup "How to highlight Duplicates"

    And please read the Forum rules - Your thread title should reflect your question, not a general statement. Once you have read them, please adjust your title (Instructions found in the rules) so that it makes sense... ie Highlighting similar values (Something that describes the problem you are trying to solve)
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    Re: excel newbie help

    Thanks ELeGault for your reply.As i searched for how to highlight duplicates i found it is used to highlight same data repeating in the column.

    But what i require is highlight two cells if same pattern is repeated ie if A1 has a data and C1 has a data, highlight only if A$ & C& has exactly same data as in A1 & C1

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    Re: excel newbie help

    Hi, Rahul, Welcome to the forum ,

    Pl go to your first post, click EDIT then Go Advanced and change your title, Refer the rules


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    Re: highlight cells with same pattern

    Hi Rahul.

    Have you tried this..?


    Please Follow the steps

    1. Select the data

    2. Select the Conditional Format in Home Tab under Style

    3. Select the New Rule

    4. Select the Format only unique or duplicate value

    5. Select the Format button and set the fill color as your

    6. Now press the Ok and Apply button


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    Re: highlight cells with same pattern

    Thanks Jitendra, by doing as u said every duplicate copy in a column is highlighted.

    But i want cells to be highlighted if a pattern repeats, like the image shown.untitled.JPG

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    Re: highlight cells with same pattern

    Hallo Rahul,

    For this we need a helper column is this ok for u ???

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    Re: highlight cells with same pattern

    Quote Originally Posted by udprocks View Post
    Hallo Rahul,

    For this we need a helper column is this ok for u ???
    If yes then please see the file..

    Best Regards
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    Attached Files Attached Files

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    Re: highlight cells with same pattern

    Thanks a lot Jitendra, with the concatenate & countif i was able to understand the logic.

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    Re: highlight cells with same pattern

    Quote Originally Posted by rahulsureshonline View Post
    Thanks a lot Jitendra, with the concatenate & countif i was able to understand the logic.



    Best Regards
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