Applies To
Excel 2013 Spreadsheet Compare 2013 Spreadsheet Compare 2016 Spreadsheet Compare 2019 Spreadsheet Compare 2021

Important: Spreadsheet Compare is only available with Office Professional Plus 2013, Office Professional Plus 2016, Office Professional Plus 2019, or Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.

Use Spreadsheet Compare to compare two workbooks to see the differences between them, line by line. You can see how values, formulas, and formatting differ – line by line, and cell by cell.

Spreadsheet Compare can detect and highlight just the type of differences you specify.

Read the following articles for more information and step-by-step procedures.

Compare two versions of a workbook

See detailed changes between workbooks

Manage passwords used to open files for analysis and comparison

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