Stop when putting duplicate word.

Salamullah

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Dear Experts.

I want any condition/formula which can stop putting same word in a particular column.


Apple
Banana
Orange
Apple (Stop) word already exist
 

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Highlight the column you want to not allow duplicates in, in my example I used column F

With the column highlighted, go to the Data tab, in the Data Tools section choose Data Validation.

In the window provided Allow: Custom, and insert this formula =COUNTIF(F:F,F1)<=1
 
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