You don't need the IF statement... see my post above.
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John C


"Glenn" wrote:

quinnj wrote:
I would like to turn all cells a Fill color (e.g., Red) based on the value in
the first column of that row.

Use an absolute reference for the column. For data in row 1 starting in column A:

=IF($A1="your value",1,0)

Copy across as needed.