Put the conditional list on a separate sheet (say Sheet2) in column A.

Then give that range a nice name via Insert|Name|Define (say myList)

select your range (say A1:A99 on Sheet1) and with A1 the activecell, use:
Format|conditional formatting
formula is:
=match(a1,mylist,0)

And give it a nice format.


Inge wrote:

List of cars I want the font to be brown if match to conditional list below:
PROX 32057
PROX 30258
PROX 30174
PROX 32239
PROX 32537
PROX 32466
PROX 33130
PROX 32585
PROX 33142
PROX 32520
PROX 33147
PROX 32975
TILX 301076
TILX 301068

Conditional List:
PROX 32494
PROX 32512
PROX 33130
TILX 301068
UTLX 47789

Inge

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Can you give examples of valid values as you confused me?

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"Inge" wrote in message
...
I have item #s I would like to show up a certain color if they meet
certain
conditions. EG. My list starts in BQ3 and can have 30 varying #s. I
would
like the conditional formatting to color the items only if the
alpha,numeric
# matches one of 4 in another list starting in BR12. The #s are random,
PROX
30000 OR TILX 310245 so I cannot use the between or < rules. And,
conditional formatting only allows 3 rules.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Inge




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Dave Peterson