Make sure the check box next to Inquire is checked, then click OK.Ī new tab is added to the Ribbon called Inquire.In the Ribbon, select Developer > Add-ins > COM Add-ins. The Developer tab will appear on the main ribbon.(This is switched off by default so you will need to switch it on to see the tab on the Ribbon.) In the Customize Ribbon options, tick the Developer check box. Click on the File tab in the Ribbon, and go down to Options.If you don’t see the Developer Ribbon, you’ll need to enable it. To activate this add-in, you need to have the Developer tab visible in the Ribbon. Use the Inquire Add-InĮxcel provides a COM add-in that will compare two files for you. With the two files open on the screen, you can now compare the differences between the two. The two files will now be displayed vertically beside each other on your screen.Ĭlick Reset Window Position to put the files back to their default (Horizontal) positions on the screen. To view the files next to each other on the screen instead, select Arrange All from the Window group.The default window position for two files is one underneath each other, as shown in the graphic above. If you do not want both files to move at the same time when you click the scroll bar, click the Synchronous Scrolling button in the Ribbon to switch this option off. This allows you to look at the data in one file and compare it to the data in the other file in the same cell. This is because Synchronous Scrolling is automatically switched on. If you scroll down in one file, you will notice that the other file also scrolls down. If you only have two files open, the dialog box will not appear, and your files are shown side by side on the screen immediately. Select the file you wish to compare your active file to, and click OK.If you have more than two files open, a dialog box will appear asking which file you wish to compare your active file to. Open two files you want to compare, then in the Ribbon, select View > Window > View Side by Side.One option to compare is to look at the files on the same screen.
Compare files excel 2016 how to#
This tutorial demonstrates how to compare two files for differences in Excel and Google Sheets.
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