Mick

Works for me in 2003.

Are you selecting E1:E40 then entering the formula in FormatCFFormula is:

Make sure Excel does not change the E1 to $E$1 or similar.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:47:01 -0700, Mick B
wrote:

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