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Setting a Maximum Value in a Cell Using a Formula in Microsoft Excel
  1. Select the cell where you have the percentage formula.
  2. Click on the "Conditional Formatting" option in the "Home" tab of the Excel ribbon.
  3. Select "New Rule" from the drop-down menu.
  4. In the "New Formatting Rule" dialog box, select "Format only cells that contain" from the "Select a Rule Type" section.
  5. In the "Format only cells with" section, select "Cell Value" from the first drop-down menu, "Greater Than" from the second drop-down menu, and enter "1" in the third field.
  6. Click on the "Format" button to choose the formatting you want to apply to the cell when the condition is met. For example, you can choose to highlight the cell in red.
  7. Click "OK" to close the "New Formatting Rule" dialog box.
  8. Now, whenever the percentage in the cell is greater than 100%, the cell will be highlighted in red, indicating that the value is invalid.
  9. To set a maximum value of 100%, you can modify the formula in the cell to include an IF statement. For example, if your percentage formula is in cell A1, you can modify it to:

    Formula:
    =IF(A11,1,A1
    This formula checks if the percentage in cell A1 is greater than 1 (which is equivalent to 100%). If it is, the formula returns 1 (which is equivalent to 100%). If it's not, the formula returns the original percentage value.

    By using this formula, you can ensure that the maximum value in the cell is always 100%.
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