Thanks for trying, but that doesnt seem to work- perhaps it is me? Any other
suggestions?

Hope someone can help!

"MyVeryOwnSelf" wrote:

I have entered the numbers 1-40 in a
block range of cells, say Column E1:E40. If I enter a number down
column A that matches any number from 1-40 I would like the
corresponding number in column E to change colour in some way. Is this
possible?

One way is to select E1:E40 and use:

Format Conditional Formatting Formula is

=COUNTIF(A:A,E1)0