One of the easiest ways to locate duplicate data in Excel is to use conditional formatting. Here's how. Step 1: Select the portion of your data where you want to locate duplicates.

To pinpoint duplicate entries, apply Excel's conditional formatting feature: Open the Excel worksheet containing the data in question. Select the column or range you want to inspect for duplicates.

Excel's format painter doesn't just work with cell formatting—you can also duplicate formatting between shapes, charts, text boxes, and most other items in your spreadsheet.

Excel offers several built-in conditional formatting rules you can apply to your data. (Click image to enlarge it.) We’ll demonstrate using Excel for Windows under a Microsoft 365 subscription.

Find and highlight Duplicate Cells in Excel. ... After that, click on Home and go to “Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cells Rules > Duplicate Values.” This will open a new popup window.

Excel's conditional formatting lets you formats cells based on the value of those cells or their formulas. ... or use a shape or ratings icon to flag all duplicate values above 12,000.

Head to Excel Home -> Conditional Formatting. Expand Icon sets and pick a relevant set for your Priority column (arrows pointing up for high priority, sideways for medium, down for low).

For Excel 2010, right-click on the cell that contains the conditional formatting to move to other cells. Click Copy from the pop-up menu. Even if numerous cells contain the formatting, you only ...

Excel’s conditional formatting can help you keep track of positive or negative changes in your business. For example, suppose you’ve entered total first quarter sales for each of your stores ...

Just because the Conditional Formatting tool was able to correctly identify and highlight the duplicate values, that doesn't mean the Remove Duplicates tool will do the same.