In the CF Dialog, change "Cell Value Is" to "Formula Is" and use
a formula like

=OR(A1="light snow",A1="snow")

Do the same for the other conditions. Of course, change A1 to the
cell in question.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



"Terry" wrote in message
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I have a database that has the following items

light snow
snow
sunny
partly sunny
cloudy
some clouds

I would like to use conditional formating to show one clour for
light snow
or snow and another colour for sunny or partly sunny and a
third colour for
cloudy or some clouds.

Can I use wildcards for the 'conditional formatting'. How?

thanks