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SteveMax SteveMax is offline
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Default Conditional Format Formula Issue

Is there a way to copy & increment Conditional Format formulas? I have tried
dragging this down & it keeps the same CF formula for every cell I copy to. I
was sure to not use "$" or anything...but it doesnt seem to increment. I was
hoping my formula would work since I have over 400 cells to format. I tried
Paste Special & got the same result. Hmm...

Also...not that I think it matters much, but the idea for the CF formula
would be

=B2<B1

Not sure if that changes the thought.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Why not just use

=B2=B1

and copy down

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HTH

Bob

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"SteveMax" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to use CF on a non-contiguous range of cells. I'm basically
trying to tell it to place a top border on the cell if it is NOT the same
as
the cell above it. I have also tried only contiguous cells, with no luck
either(and would certainly have no problems applying it multiple times if
a
solution required doing so).

The only way it has sort of "worked" is to enter it in only 1 cell,
however,
the moment I add it to another cell, it stops working for both cells(or
any
value when I try to use the formula on 1 cells). I originally had other
CF's
applied, but even deleting those rules does not get this to function for
me.

Is this formula too volatile for what i'm trying to accomplish? Or do I
have
something else wrong with it?

=IF(CELL("contents")<CELL("contents",INDIRECT(SUB STITUTE(CELL("address"),ROW(),ROW()-1))),TRUE,FALSE)


Regards,
Steve