You haven't told us what conditional format formula you are using, but try
something of the form Formula is =$A1="wanted text".
(Absolute reference for the column, relative reference for the row).
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David Biddulph

"LWSDOT" wrote in message
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I am trying to highlight an enitire row when a column in the row contains
certain text. I can get it to highlight the box that it is in but I would
like to highlight the whole row if possible.