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    Problem marking duplicate on some links doesn't work

    Hi I'm using Office 2013,

    I don't understand why the usual marking duplicates with pink color formatting doesn't work on the links in the file (attached) even though it is directly copied from one another (in other words they are exactly the same), yet for other content that is not a url the usual duplicate marking immediately works on the next row.

    It's a bit annoying this bug, what is causing it and how do I fix this?
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    Re: Problem marking duplicate on some links doesn't work

    Can't make out why, seems to be a problem with either 156 character limit or the tilde character
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    "aaa~" returns coloured rows so doesnt look like the tilde.

    Entering 156 normal characters returns coloured rows.
    Replacing one of the characters around the 155 mark with a tilde prevents the coloured rows.
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    Re: Problem marking duplicate on some links doesn't work

    This doesn't work, either: =COUNTIF($A:$A,A1)>1

    It does seem to have something to do with the tilde: remove it from the first two cells, and my CF formula works.
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    Re: Problem marking duplicate on some links doesn't work

    Remove the tilde from any two or more, and both CF rules work.

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