Highlight_Changing_Numbers.xlsx

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Great job, Shums, this did the trick, thank you very much for it. 
 
Regards, Andreas
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Great job, Shums, this did the trick, thank you very much for it.

Regards, Andreas

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Dear Experts: 
 
I got a row of alphanumerical strings in Column A. Whenever the alphanumerical string changes to another the first occurrence is to be highlighted in some way. The best would be: cell fill red and cell font white. 
 
Help is much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance. Regards, Andreas 
 
I have attached a sample &nbsp;file for your convenience. 
 
Example: 
 
O/243 
O/243 
O/243 
S/374 
S/374 
S/374 
G/192 
G/192 
K/334 
L/419 
S/342 
F/224 
F/224 
T/343 
T/343 
etc. 
 
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Dear Experts: 

I got a row of alphanumerical strings in Column A. Whenever the alphanumerical string changes to another the first occurrence is to be highlighted in some way. The best would be: cell fill red and cell font white.

Help is much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance. Regards, Andreas

I have attached a sample  file for your convenience.

Example:

O/243
O/243
O/243
S/374
S/374
S/374
G/192
G/192
K/334
L/419
S/342
F/224
F/224
T/343
T/343
etc.



Highlight changing numbers in column

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