Conditional Formatting - Checking if Cells are Equal

alavinthal

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I am trying to create conditional formatting to ascertain whether values in one table (Table 1) are different from another identically formatted table above it (Table 2) (so each cell in Table 1 has a corresponding cell in Table 2).

If the value in a cell in Table 1 is different from its corresponding cell in Table 2, the cell should highlight in red.

Every cell's corresponding cell is the same distance away.

I tried to put in a conditional formatting for <>C5 (C5 being the first cell in Table 2), which works, but this breaks and turns to #REF every time i save and re-open the document.

Help?
 

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What ranges do you use, and what is the exact condition in your conditional formatting rule?
 
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Something like this?

List 1 conditional formatting
=A2 < > A11
List 2 conditional formatting
=A11 < > A2

Remove the spaces from the < & > in the above.
Also change cell range to where your data is.
Excel Workbook
A
1List 1
2Name1
3Name2
4Name3
5Name4
6Name5
7Name8
8
9
10List 2
11Name1
12Name2
13Name7
14Name4
15Name5
16Name6
Sheet
 
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