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    Power Query text fields not matching

    I have a set of data that I use Power Query to then compare the contents of the cells and only display them if they don't match exactly.

    The image below shows what I am getting out of Power Query. It is incorrectly showing names that are identical. I've tried trimming and cleaning the columns containing the text and you can see the conditional format on the output is picking up the ones that are actually different.

    Any ideas?

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    Re: Power Query text fields not matching

    I can't read that! Attach the workbook, please.
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    Re: Power Query text fields not matching

    Waiting to see the workbook. It could be any number of things, but without seeing what you have done, there is no hope of diagnosing the problem.

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    Re: Power Query text fields not matching

    Turned out I must not have cleaned and trimmed the text fields, because it now works as expected.

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