I'm not sure I understand ... why not just:

Formula1:=mnth

?

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Vasant

"Jason" wrote in message
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I can't get on the Formula1: line to refer to the month entered into the
input box. My input into the box would be jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul,
aug, etc. becuase that is how I have them on the spreadsheet. So for
conditional formatting I need it to refer to exactly the way I type it into
the input box. If mnth = Input box how do I type it below for the formula1:
line to refer to what I type in.

Private Sub CommandButton7_Click()
mnth = InputBox("Enter the month to highlite:")
With Range("N4:SortRef") 'Sort Ref is just a cell name
Range("SortRef").Activate
Selection.FormatConditions.Delete
Selection.FormatConditions.add Type:=xlCellValue,
Operator:=xlEqual, Formula1:= 'Refer to input box???????
Selection.FormatConditions(1).Interior.ColorIndex = 40
End With
End Sub