Comparing Excel files
Thread poster: Michael Deliso
Michael Deliso
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Jun 24, 2005

Can someone explain to me how to compare two excel files side by side so to view and compare errors and/or differences? just like it can be done with Word..

 
Prisma
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2 windows in Excel Jun 24, 2005

Michael,

1. Open the two files you would like to compare in Excel.
2. From the "Window" menu in Excel, choose "Arrange..." then "vertical".

Your files will now appear side by side.

Good Luck!


 
Can Altinbay
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A rather indirect approach Jun 24, 2005

There's a "merge" facility in Excel, but the files have to be versions of the same file (see their Help pages for better details). I'm sure someone will come up with something more brilliant that this, but just a couple of days ago, I saved them as CSV files and put them through a diff utility. I like WinMerge, which is free from http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/. If you Google appropriately, you migh... See more
There's a "merge" facility in Excel, but the files have to be versions of the same file (see their Help pages for better details). I'm sure someone will come up with something more brilliant that this, but just a couple of days ago, I saved them as CSV files and put them through a diff utility. I like WinMerge, which is free from http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/. If you Google appropriately, you might find something that does Excel files directly, there used to be a Word comparison tool, but it cost money, and Word's merger worked well enough for me.Collapse


 
Michael Deliso
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Comparing Excel files Jun 25, 2005

Thanks for the help..I'll try either one of them..

 


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