Try:

=COUNTIF(1:1,"*total*")

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

-----Original Message-----
Need help with conditional formating entire rows using a
veriable.
While I understand you can format an entire row by using
something
like...

Formula =$A1="Total"

I'm trying to go one step beyond that and automaticly
format any row
that "contains" a certain word, such as highlighting any
row that
contains the word total (Sales Totals or Department
Total or Corporate
Total).

For example I have a table of Sales by Department for
our company. I
run a macro that SUBTOTALS the sheet by department. Now
I have a list
of sales data with seven or eight subtotals by
department. And I have
now gone over my limit of three conditions. So I can
not just make a
condition for each Department Total. I have to figure
out how to
conditionaly format any row that might contain the the
word total as
part of the text of the cell.

Any ideas?

Thanks for all the help

Steve Monczka

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