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I have a spreadsheet showing the answers (in points) of A, B, C, D to 30
questions along with the "control" answer to each question. I'd like to format this so that the cell of answers equal to or greater than the control are green, the cell of answers between .01 and .25 points below the control are yellow, and the cell more than .25 below the control are red. The spreadsheet looks like this: Control A B C D Q1 3.5 3.25 3.8 3.15 3.7 Q2 2.8 2.62 3.1 2.85 2.55 I figured out how to do it line by line: Q1 "cell value is" "greater than or equal to" "3.5" green "cell value is" "between" "3.49" "3.25" yellow "cell value is" "less than" "3.25" red But I'd really like to not have to go in and change the numbers in the conditional format for each and every line when I copy it. Is there a way to reference the cell of the control number, less than the control numberbut greater than .25 less than the control number, and more than .25 less than the control number? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! |
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I think you'll be able to modify the information on this web page to perform
the conditional formatting you require in your worksheet. Hope you find this as useful as I have... http://xldynamic.com/source/xld.CF.html#lights -- Kevin Backmann "Michele" wrote: I have a spreadsheet showing the answers (in points) of A, B, C, D to 30 questions along with the "control" answer to each question. I'd like to format this so that the cell of answers equal to or greater than the control are green, the cell of answers between .01 and .25 points below the control are yellow, and the cell more than .25 below the control are red. The spreadsheet looks like this: Control A B C D Q1 3.5 3.25 3.8 3.15 3.7 Q2 2.8 2.62 3.1 2.85 2.55 I figured out how to do it line by line: Q1 "cell value is" "greater than or equal to" "3.5" green "cell value is" "between" "3.49" "3.25" yellow "cell value is" "less than" "3.25" red But I'd really like to not have to go in and change the numbers in the conditional format for each and every line when I copy it. Is there a way to reference the cell of the control number, less than the control numberbut greater than .25 less than the control number, and more than .25 less than the control number? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! |
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Thank you. There's a lot of good info on that page, but, probably due to my
own ignorance, I can't seem to find what I need. Any other ideas? "Kevin B" wrote: I think you'll be able to modify the information on this web page to perform the conditional formatting you require in your worksheet. Hope you find this as useful as I have... http://xldynamic.com/source/xld.CF.html#lights -- Kevin Backmann "Michele" wrote: I have a spreadsheet showing the answers (in points) of A, B, C, D to 30 questions along with the "control" answer to each question. I'd like to format this so that the cell of answers equal to or greater than the control are green, the cell of answers between .01 and .25 points below the control are yellow, and the cell more than .25 below the control are red. The spreadsheet looks like this: Control A B C D Q1 3.5 3.25 3.8 3.15 3.7 Q2 2.8 2.62 3.1 2.85 2.55 I figured out how to do it line by line: Q1 "cell value is" "greater than or equal to" "3.5" green "cell value is" "between" "3.49" "3.25" yellow "cell value is" "less than" "3.25" red But I'd really like to not have to go in and change the numbers in the conditional format for each and every line when I copy it. Is there a way to reference the cell of the control number, less than the control numberbut greater than .25 less than the control number, and more than .25 less than the control number? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! |
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This is another great site for multiple Excel tips.
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/cformatting.htm Scroll down to the heading that says "Using Formulas In Conditional Formatting". From what you've provided I believe you'll be able to accomplish the formatting using IF statements as the condition. -- Kevin Backmann "Michele" wrote: Thank you. There's a lot of good info on that page, but, probably due to my own ignorance, I can't seem to find what I need. Any other ideas? "Kevin B" wrote: I think you'll be able to modify the information on this web page to perform the conditional formatting you require in your worksheet. Hope you find this as useful as I have... http://xldynamic.com/source/xld.CF.html#lights -- Kevin Backmann "Michele" wrote: I have a spreadsheet showing the answers (in points) of A, B, C, D to 30 questions along with the "control" answer to each question. I'd like to format this so that the cell of answers equal to or greater than the control are green, the cell of answers between .01 and .25 points below the control are yellow, and the cell more than .25 below the control are red. The spreadsheet looks like this: Control A B C D Q1 3.5 3.25 3.8 3.15 3.7 Q2 2.8 2.62 3.1 2.85 2.55 I figured out how to do it line by line: Q1 "cell value is" "greater than or equal to" "3.5" green "cell value is" "between" "3.49" "3.25" yellow "cell value is" "less than" "3.25" red But I'd really like to not have to go in and change the numbers in the conditional format for each and every line when I copy it. Is there a way to reference the cell of the control number, less than the control numberbut greater than .25 less than the control number, and more than .25 less than the control number? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! |
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Use conditional formatting but instead of the actual values, use cell
references in the form of $<col<row. Then you'll be able copy the format to the other rows. So if your sample data is in cells a1..f3, highlight cells c2..f2 and for condition 1, say if cell value is greater than =$B2 and format for green background, then add condition 2 and say if cell value is between =$B2-0.25 and =$B2-0.01 and format for yellow, then add a third condition and say if cell value is less than or equal to =B34-0.25 and format for red. Now do a copy c2..f2 and paste format to c3..f3. "Michele" wrote: I have a spreadsheet showing the answers (in points) of A, B, C, D to 30 questions along with the "control" answer to each question. I'd like to format this so that the cell of answers equal to or greater than the control are green, the cell of answers between .01 and .25 points below the control are yellow, and the cell more than .25 below the control are red. The spreadsheet looks like this: Control A B C D Q1 3.5 3.25 3.8 3.15 3.7 Q2 2.8 2.62 3.1 2.85 2.55 I figured out how to do it line by line: Q1 "cell value is" "greater than or equal to" "3.5" green "cell value is" "between" "3.49" "3.25" yellow "cell value is" "less than" "3.25" red But I'd really like to not have to go in and change the numbers in the conditional format for each and every line when I copy it. Is there a way to reference the cell of the control number, less than the control numberbut greater than .25 less than the control number, and more than .25 less than the control number? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! |
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I can do it easily in Excel 2007, but I don't know what version of Excel you
have. "Michele" wrote in message ... I have a spreadsheet showing the answers (in points) of A, B, C, D to 30 questions along with the "control" answer to each question. I'd like to format this so that the cell of answers equal to or greater than the control are green, the cell of answers between .01 and .25 points below the control are yellow, and the cell more than .25 below the control are red. The spreadsheet looks like this: Control A B C D Q1 3.5 3.25 3.8 3.15 3.7 Q2 2.8 2.62 3.1 2.85 2.55 I figured out how to do it line by line: Q1 "cell value is" "greater than or equal to" "3.5" green "cell value is" "between" "3.49" "3.25" yellow "cell value is" "less than" "3.25" red But I'd really like to not have to go in and change the numbers in the conditional format for each and every line when I copy it. Is there a way to reference the cell of the control number, less than the control numberbut greater than .25 less than the control number, and more than .25 less than the control number? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! |
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