Find the differences between 2 Excel worksheets?

Question

I have two excel files with the same structure: they both have 1 column with data. One has 800 records and the other has 805 records, but I am not sure which of the 5 in t

Answer 1

Easy way: Use a 3rd sheet to check.

Say you want to find differences between Sheet 1 and Sheet 2.

1. Go to Sheet 3, cell A1, enter =IF(Sheet2!A1<>Sheet1!A1,"difference","").
2. Then select all cells of sheet 3, fill down, fill right.
3. The cells that are different between Sheet 1 and Sheet 2 will now say "difference" in Sheet 3.

You could adjust the formula to show the actual values that were different.