Thank you all so much for your help. All of the formulas are working--I
appreciate you sharing your expertise. I have only one last question. If
all fields are blank, meaning the person did not use all of the lines, there
still returns one of the error messages. Is there a way to add to the
current formula so that if all fields in the line are blank, no error message
will be returned? Thanks once again!!

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Maybe this

=IF(AND(ISBLANK(B12),OR(D12="x",K12="x")),"ERROR 1:Name
Missing",IF(COUNTA(D12:K12)<8,"ERROR 2: Data
Missing",IF(COUNTIF(D12:K12,"x")1," ERROR 3: More than one column
checked",IF(AND(C12="x",H12="x"),"ERROR 4: Wrong data box checked",""))))

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HTH

RP
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"SJC" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your help. That formula thread helps quite a bit, but all
four
formulas depend on if b12 is blank as the formula states, which that would
apply only for the first error. How then can I add "if b12 has text" for
error 2, 3, and 4? Thanks once again.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=IF(ISBLANK(B12),IF(OR(D12="x",K12="x"),"ERROR 1:Name
Missing",IF(COUNTA(D12:K12)<8,"ERROR 2: Data
Missing",IF(COUNTIF(D12:K12,"x")1," ERROR 3: More than one column
checked",IF(AND(C12="x",H12="x"),"ERROR 4: Wrong data box
checked","")))))

I think <g

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HTH

RP
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"SJC" wrote in message
...
I am trying to create a spreadsheet which others will be using to
input
data
which hopefully will be user friendly. I am wondering if anyone can
help
me
write these formulas--I haven't been able to figure it out. I am
trying
to
create four 'IF' formulas within one cell that will return an error
message
to the user if they made a mistake on the spreadsheet or do not
complete
all
of the needed cells. When I put in more than one formula into the one
cell,
I get an error message. Is it possible to enter in more than one
formula
into one cell, and if so, any ideas on how it should be written? If
this
is
not possible, are there any other ideas on how I could make this work?
Thanks in advance. The basics of what I want to say are below.

If B12 is blank, and any of D12 through K12 have an 'x', return ERROR
1:
Name Missing; If B12 has text, and any of D12 through K12 are blank,
return
ERROR 2: Data Missing; If B12 has text, and D12 though K12 "x"1,
return
ERROR 3: More than one column checked; If c12 has "x" and H12 has
"x",
return ERROR 4: Wrong data box checked.