THANKS!!!!! This worked and it was much simpler



-----Original Message-----
Will this work:

Highlight column C, select conditional formatting,
choose 'Formula Is' and
enter

=countif(H1,"Legal Fees")=1

This should format the cells in column C if the
corresponding cell in column
H has Legal Fees in it.

"DavidL" wrote:


I have two columns that I want to format with a
background
color when a certain condition is met for one column
(column H).

If the cell value which is a text string in H10 is
LEGAL
FEES, then I want this cell formatted with a background
color (I did this with no problem). When cell H10 has
LEGAL FEES in it and is formatted with a background
color,
I want C10 formatted the same color. I cannot make
that
happen to cell C10.

Is this possible?
thanks,
david

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