Prevent Duplicate Entries in Excel - Tutorial
You can prevent duplicate entries in Excel by applying a custom Data Validation rule to limit the number of times a word or number is repeated in your spreadsheet.
In this Excel tutorial, we'll go over how to create a custom Data Validation rule to prevent duplicate entries in a column.
You'll see how to set the limit to an entry so that it can appear only one time, twice, or however many times you want to set your entry limit to.
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