In conditional formatting select: Formula is: and enter the formula =A1=A2
and format for Bold then in Condition 2 the formula =A1=A3 and format for
Italic

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"veggies27" wrote in message
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I have an IF statement based on 2 criteria in an OR statement.

....IF a1=a2 or a1=a3, show a1 contents in a4....for instance.

I want to format a2 automatically depending on which of the 2 statements
about a1 turn out to be TRUE.

If a1=a2, show contents in a4 and make it bold text...if a1=a3, show
contents in a4, and make it italic text....for instance.

The problem is I can't use conditional formatting for the specific cells,
because the value in a4 is going to change depending on what I type in a2
and
a3.

Can anyone help?