Conditional Formatting based on range of values

EMcK01

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Hi,

this might be really straightforward but can't seem to find it.

I want to apply formatting to a range cells if they match any cell within another range. ie apple and orange occur in column A and column B so would like only these two cells in column B highlighted.
Making the rule apply to a range of cells should be fine, how do I get it to be based on a range of values rather than just one single cell?

AB
apple
strawberry
bananaapple
pearpeach
orangecoconut
kiwiorange

Thanks
 

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AB
1
2applestrawberry
3bananaapple
4pearpeach
5orangecoconut
6kiwiorange
Sheet1
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B2:B6Expression=MATCH(B2,$A$2:$A$6,0)textNO
 
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Glad to help & thanks for the feedback.
 
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