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March 13, 2009 at 04:13 PM
kevin.totts

Excel 2007 – not displaying duplicates in subsequent columns

by kevin.totts . Updated 17 years, 4 months ago

Scenario:

150+ rows

First column – duplicate names

Second column – duplicates removed (leaving gaps)*

Third column – additional info added manually, creating duplicates in this column

Forth column – duplicates removed*

Question:

Is there any way to achieve the actions marked with *? I prefer to work ‘dynamically’ with (often complex) formulae. I can’t think of a way of effectively moving across the sheet and reducing the quantity of names displayed.

Imagine 6 identical names in first column, reducing to a single name in the second column, effectively blanks next to 5 of the names and the name repeated on the 6th.

Hope this makes some sense!

I could use the ‘remove duplicate’ functions or advanced filter but I need to keep the spreadsheet ‘live’ as more data may need to be added.

Many thanks

Kevin

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