Thursday, December 17, 2009

How can I do to stop in excel duplicate numbers?

I am assigning numbers to file folders in excel; I need to know what to do so excel will warn me if I am duplicating a number.How can I do to stop in excel duplicate numbers?
To prevent duplicates you need to use data validation





first select cells





next go to data menu and data validation





choose allow: custom





you need the countif to be less than 1





use this formula:


=COUNTIF(start cell:end cell,cell)%26lt;=1

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