🔎 How to compare two sheets and find differences: several methods. 1. To highlight matching text data in two tables in Excel, you can use conditional formatting with a formula. Here's how you can set it up:
Assuming your tables are in columns A and B (left table in column A and right table in column B), starting from row 2, you can apply the following conditional formatting formula to the range in column A where your left table data is:
1. Select the range in column A where you want to apply the formatting.
2. Go to the "Home" tab in Excel.
3. Click on "Conditional Formatting" in the Styles group.
4. Select "New Rule."
5. Choose "Use a formula to determine which cells to format."
6. Enter the following formula:
=ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2, $B:$B, 0))
This formula checks if the value in cell A2 exists in column B as text. If it does, the formula result will be true.
7. Click on the "Format" button, go to the "Fill" tab, and choose a green color.
8. Click "OK" to apply the formatting.
9. Click "OK" again to exit the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager.
This conditional formatting formula will color the cells in the left table that have matching text values in the right table in green.
2. Check out this video
⬇️https://youtu.be/nrDOQ_VDmQA?si=nt94oulK6YnWOwvJ