Diff Excel Files Excel How To Compare Two

In this article let us explain how to compare two Excel workbooks.

In order to do so, you need to check the data changes in the current file comparison to the prior file.

In all such scenario, you have to compare the previous and current workbooks and that will be a good idea before proceeding.

There are total 14 areas in which this feature works and more often you are allowed to choose by your preference.

Select COM Add-ins from the dropdown, hit Go button and then press OK.

Earlier Workbook has old data and Current has some changed data.

Click on Inquire tab and then under Compare section, click on Compare Files.

In our case, the Earlier file goes with Compare option and Current file goes with To option.

You can swap files easily by clicking on the Swap Files button.

In our case, it is the status Out of stock in Earlier file which is changed to In stock in the Current file.

You can also see the detailed description given below like Entered Value Changed.

This feature, first of all, finds all the sheets in the workbook that have the same name with identical names.

VBA projects, cell formats, comments, charts, objects are not compared in this feature.

As you have seen above, in comparison windows, you are able to add 2 workbooks only.

If any workbook is protected, this feature will not allow that file to be compared.

Now, make sure that you compare the similar files to get the correct result.

You will not be able to use an object, VBA project and more stuff like that as explained above.

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