If you are going to use cell references use formula is instead of cell
value,
it's not clear to me what this is suppose to mean

=$C$3=Q1


do you mean that C2 is equal to C3 AND Q1, if so use

=AND(C2=$C$3,C2=Q1)

if you mean C3 OR Q1 replace AND with OR


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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom


"marty" wrote in message
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I have set the following conditional format: Cell Value is equal to
=$C$3=Q1
in cell C2 and have the cell change color. The conditional format works if
C2
is blank but whenever a value is present the color reverts back to the
default. Any suggestions?