Compare one column to multiple columns

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jander - Oct 9, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Excelguru Posts 261 Registration date Saturday April 11, 2009 Status Member Last seen June 21, 2011 - Oct 12, 2009 at 07:50 AM
Hello,

I have a list of values in one column (A) that appear within 5 other columns (B,C,D,E,F). I would like Excel to highlight whenever a value from column A appears in B,C,D,E,F. Any thoughts?

Thanks

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Excelguru Posts 261 Registration date Saturday April 11, 2009 Status Member Last seen June 21, 2011 307
Oct 12, 2009 at 07:50 AM
Try Putting conditional formatting with formula =COUNTIF($A$3:$A$18,"=" & B3)>0 where B3 is your starting cell and $A$3:$A$18 referes to the data to be checked
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