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Does anyone know of any decent software that will compare and highlight the
differences between two similar sheets in different workbooks. |
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If the changes do not include removing rows or columns (or inserting rows or columns), then you could use a program written by Myrna Larson and Bill Manville. You can find a copy on Chip Pearson's site: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/whatsnew.htm look for compare.xla But remember this does a cell-by-cell comparison against two worksheets--not workbooks. A1 compares to A1, x99 to x99, etc. (So if you insert/delete a row/column, the comparison goes south very quickly.) Another option could be to save the worksheets (not workbooks) as a couple .CSV files. Then use some text comparison file to find the difference. (MSWord has this ability.) But this compares text (current values of formulas). Not the formulas themselves. Alec Kolundzic wrote: > > Does anyone know of any decent software that will compare and highlight the > differences between two similar sheets in different workbooks. -- Dave Peterson |
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Thanks Dave,
"Dave Peterson" wrote: > Saved from a previous post... > > If the changes do not include removing rows or columns (or inserting rows or > columns), then you could use a program written by Myrna Larson and Bill > Manville. > > You can find a copy on Chip Pearson's site: > http://www.cpearson.com/excel/whatsnew.htm > look for compare.xla > > But remember this does a cell-by-cell comparison against two worksheets--not > workbooks. A1 compares to A1, x99 to x99, etc. (So if you insert/delete a > row/column, the comparison goes south very quickly.) > > Another option could be to save the worksheets (not workbooks) as a couple .CSV > files. Then use some text comparison file to find the difference. (MSWord has > this ability.) > > But this compares text (current values of formulas). Not the formulas > themselves. > > > Alec Kolundzic wrote: > > > > Does anyone know of any decent software that will compare and highlight the > > differences between two similar sheets in different workbooks. > > -- > > Dave Peterson > |
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