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Thu 10 Dec 2009, 12:32 Delegate Esson said...

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I have two workbooks one has names and address and the other has the same but also has extra infomation. Is there an easy way I can compare text data from one workbook to another????

Mon 14 Dec 2009, 15:17 Trainer Jacob said...

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Hi Esson

Thanks for your post. From reviewing this we believe we can provide a solution but it will fall outside the scope of this forum.

We will need 1-2 days development time to create the solution for you which is chargable consultancy work.

If you are interested in investigating this further please reply to my email.

Kind regards

Jacob

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Excel tip:

Converting an American date format to European using Formula

Excel depending on your local setting will only pick up date values of the dd mmm yyyy oders as date type. If you import data from various sources including America their date order is different with data value in mmm dd yyyy, excel can only treat it as text indicated by left aligning it. To overcome this you have to do the the following.

1. Extract the date components mmm dd yyyy, by using the the Text functions LEFT, MID or RIGHT

2. Reorder dd mmm component and concatenate using "&" in the right order this will create a text string with the date in the right order it then needss to be converted to a value so excel can recognise it.

3. To convert to value encase in TEXT function.

4. Format to desired date format.

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