Experiment with Format|Conditional Formatting
Try something like Formula IS : =SEARCH("d",A1)0

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"Kev" wrote in message
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I have a spreadsheet I input various letter and figures into. I want excel
to automatically colour a cell which has a certain character in so it is
clear where these appear.