In A3 you can enter this formula:

=A1

or better still:

=IF(A1="","",A1)

However, a function cannot change the format or colour of a cell - it
can only return a value.

One possibility you might consider, though, is to use conditional
formatting on cell A1 to give it the colour (eg if it is not blank,
then make background colour green). Then you could apply the same
condition to A3 so it will seem as if the colour has been transferred
automatically.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Nov 29, 1:01 am, whrs09 wrote:
Hi Guys,

Hopefully you can help....

If i have entered data and a background colour into cell A1 how do I auto
make cell A3 copy what is in cell A1 (background colour include)??

Hope you can help,

Thanks,

Nick