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    Software for combining documents?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Hungry Man, Apr 16, 2011.

  1. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    I want to combine two lists and then check for duplicates.

    Each line contains a few words.

    How can I do this?
     
    Hungry Man, Apr 16, 2011
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  2. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    MS Excel. Import the lists, sort them and then there is an option in excel to eliminate duplicates.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 17, 2011
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    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    ughhhh I don't want to install excel >:[

    lol thank you though

    any other ideas?

    the files are too large for google docs spreadsheets
     
    Hungry Man, Apr 17, 2011
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    lbohn Notebook Consultant

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    lbohn, Apr 17, 2011
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    Awesome I will try that out later today. Thank you.
     
    Hungry Man, Apr 17, 2011
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    I'd totally forgotten about that app. I have used it for some coding projects in the past. Nice piece of software and nice suggestion ibohn! +rep

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 17, 2011
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