Excel 2003: finding duplicate records 1

[Sam577]

Hi,
I'm looking after an Excel database of client records, and have sorted the database by contact name. Is Excel able to check for duplicate names that follow on from each (since the database has been sorted by contact names, duplicates would be listed together), or do I need to go through the entire list and check manually?
Many thanks,
Sam

 

[xlbo]

if your names start in A2 then

=if(A2=A1,"Duplicate","")

and copy down

Rgds, Geoff

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