Conditionally format EXACT matches

MikeTi

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Hi,
I have a single column (column A) of 17k values and need to conditionally format only the EXACT matches. Below you can see what the data looks like, the first and second values are not exact matches although Excel says they are matches. Values 3 and 4 are exact matches and 5 and 6 are exact matches while values 7 and 8 are not.
I have spent hours trying to find a solution and have tried many different solutions that did not work.
Please help!
Thanks

1​
00Q0P00000jACEh
2​
00Q0P00000jACEH
3​
00Q0P00000jgdP0
4​
00Q0P00000jgdP0
5​
00Q0P00000jZCGT
6​
00Q0P00000jZCGT
7​
00Q0P00000k4zEH
8​
00Q0P00000k4zeh
 

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AB
1100Q0P00000jACEh
2200Q0P00000jACEH
3300Q0P00000jgdP0
4400Q0P00000jgdP0
5500Q0P00000jZCGT
6600Q0P00000jZCGT
7700Q0P00000k4zEH
8800Q0P00000k4zeh
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Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B1:B8Expression=SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(B1,$B$1:$B$8)))>1textNO
 
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try
=AND(A1<>"",SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(A1,$A:$A)))>1)
 
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Solution
Thank You all for replying.
The first solution I tried from etaf work perfectly. Thank You!
 
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Glad we could help & thanks for the feedback.
 
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