I don't follow you. If you follow my instructions, CF is
applied to all of col. A and B. Did you try out what I
suggested?

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cheers jason for that, however the issue is that the
formula does not
recalculate for the other cells...it uses the formula
that is valid for the
a1 and b1 cells, but wont recalculate it for a2 and b2
etc...

"Jason Morin" wrote:

1. Select columns A and B.
2. Go to Format Conditional Formatting
3. Under Condition 1 select "Formula Is" and put:
=$A1+$B1=150
4. Press the Format radio button and format as desired.

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA


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trying to conditional format 2 colums where the cells
are dependent. So if
cell a1 +b1=150, i would like for both cells to be
coloured, but i need to
replicate this for 200 other cells in each colum...i
have tried paste
special, but the other cells just use the answer from
the first cell to
derive their answer...
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