Try this, Sharon:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH("POS*",B$83:B$782,0),"Please be advised the POS LOBs have
been converted to PPO LOBs", ""),"",MATCH("POS*",B$83:B$782,0),"Please be
advised the POS LOBs have been converted to PPO LOBs", ""))
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Anne Troy
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"SharonP." wrote in message
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Hi, I'm using the following formula. The problem is that sometimes
my value isn't found and I'm not getting a blank but rather #N/A.

=IF(MATCH("POS*",B$83:B$782,0),"Please be advised the POS LOBs have been
converted to PPO LOBs", "")

1. Is there a fix to my formula? or
2. In the cell that results #N/A - I could set a conditional format to
make
a white background and white font. However, when I try that - it's not
working either.

Cell format = #N/A doesn't do what I want.