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Think an example of what you need would help a lot.&nbsp; Not sure I followed your exact need.
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Think an example of what you need would help a lot.  Not sure I followed your exact need.

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I would like to search an Excel spreadsheet and identify and duplicate fields in column A.<br />
A script to run against the file would be good as well.
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I would like to search an Excel spreadsheet and identify and duplicate fields in column A.
A script to run against the file would be good as well.

check for duplicates in Excel spreadsheet

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