Hi Derek

basically you need to select the rows, ensuring that the row where you to
start using the conditional formatting on is the at the top of the screen
and then the conditional formatting options a

choose
formula is
type
=$A150
(or whatever)
and set your formatting.

Check out
http://www.contextures.com/xlCondFormat02.html

for more info.

Cheers
JulieD

"derek" wrote in message ...
Hey guys,
I'm sure this has been asked before, because it seems like such a basic
feature.... but I cannot find it.

How can I conditionally format a row, based on the contents of a cell?
I basically want to use colors, to highlight quickly rows of interest
based
on various criteria.

Hopefully its something simple i'm missing and dont have to revert to too
much code.

Thanks