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    Duplicate Checking

    Hi All,

    I have huge list of company names. But I am unable to check duplicate companies. Yes I am doing advance Filter or Pivot Table. But the problem is company names is like the below:

    Cisco Systems
    Cisco Systems,
    Cisco Systems, Inc
    Cisco Systems, Inc.
    Cisco Systems, Incorpoarted
    The Cisco Systems

    Like this I have a huge list of different companies name. Is there any to solve this at a time?

    Thanks in advance!

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    Re: Duplicate Checking

    This will not solve your problem, but it might make it easier:

    If your data look like this:

    PHP Code: 
               A
     1
    Amity Church
     2
    Churchof Christ
     3
    NM State Highway
     4
    Spot Free Power Wash
     5
    CIT Apartment Complex
     6
    Housing Agency
     7
    Pinon Pizza Edge
     8
    Peabody TC
     9
    Business Affairs
    10
    O B Trailer Service
    11
    Red Mesa Express
    12
    Jimmy's Pizza 
    By using Conditional Formatting you can Highlight those companies that have a unique identifier, such as the term Cisco or in the above case the word Pizza.

    We will use cell B1 as the search string.
    So in B1 enter the word Pizza

    Then using Conditional Formatting, this is for 2007:

    1) Select your range of cells: A1:A12

    2) On the ribbon click Conditional Formatting

    3) Click on New Rules, it’s near the bottom of the dialog box.

    4) Click Use Formula to determine which cells to format.

    5) Enter the formula: =IF(FIND(LOWER($B$1),LOWER($A1),1),TRUE,FALSE)

    EDIT ADDED: here is a shorter form: =FIND(LOWER($B$1),LOWER($A1),1)

    6) Click on the Format button

    7) Select the Fill Tab

    8) Select a pretty color

    9) Click OK

    10) Click OK

    The two cells in column A that contain the word Pizza, row 7 & 12, should light up.

    Now you can see where all your Cisco's or Pizzas' are.
    Last edited by xenixman; 07-15-2011 at 02:53 PM.

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