Excel should be able to compare 2 spreadsheets to find differing .

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Guest

I have a spreadsheet list of names, addresses, phone numbers, & e-mail
addresses that I maintain for our class reunion. The Alumni Association has
a list that they keep on the web, but they can download it into Excel,
because that is where I got the spreadsheet in the first place. I send them
changes when I get them, but they do not send me changes when they get them.
I would like to be able to have the computer compare them automatically. I
have had to do it manually before and it is really tedious and time
consuming. Is there a simple way to do this? I don't have much computer
experience. I have just updated the spreadheet they gave to me.
 
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Bernie Deitrick

If your two databases of names, etc., are sorted in a different order, then
Chip's add-in will highlight everything. For example, if you add a new item
into row 1 of a 2,000 row database, without making any other changes, then
every cell will be highlighted as having changed (that is, if they are
unique values).

I have an add-in that isn't as polished as Chip's - it requires that the two
sheets be placed into the same active workbook - but it does a database
style comparison based on a key value in a column. The end result is that
the rows can be sorted differently (although the columns must be in the same
order) and it will find true differences based on the key values. If you
want the add-in, contact me privately and I will send it to you.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP
 
G

Guest

Bernie,

I'm a newbie, but I have just spent the last hour searching for a tool to
compare workbooks when I found this recent post, and your response.

You instructed the poster to contact you privately for your compare add-in.
I do not know how to contact you privately. Your e-mail address for the
newsgroup appears to be a false address (judging by the name). Please, if
possible, send me your private contact information at my (real) e-mail
address, which is (e-mail address removed). I would like to receive, and to
try to use, your developed add-in, if at all possible.

Thanks in advance for your reply.
Gregg Terrell
Applications Developer
University of Iowa
Iowa City,IA
 
G

Guest

I just found the reply button, but I don't know how to contact you privately.
Can you contact me? Can you please give me basic instructions on how to do
what you say? Sorry I am such a beginner. Thanks.
 
B

Bernie Deitrick

It's OK. I've just munged my email address - hit reply, and then when
pormpted, remove the spaces, and change the dot to . Otherwise, you can post
your email address, though I would suggest you do it like: myfirstname dot
mylastname at blah dot com. I'll figure it out.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP
 
G

Guest

I downloaded Compare.zip, but I can't figure out how to open it. It says it
is a macro, but then the button says "disable macros" and when I click enter
to get the default options it doesn't open it. What am I doing wrong? Or,
what should I be doing? Sorry I don't understand this stuff.
 
G

Guest

OK I hit reply, but I do not see your e-mail address. Mine is my display
name at juno dot com.
 
G

GregR

Bernie, could you send me that add-in. TIA

Greg
spbaechle said:
OK I hit reply, but I do not see your e-mail address. Mine is my display
name at juno dot com.
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