I see my newsreader broke the formula at the blank spaces making it hard to
realize the blanks are there. Here is the formula broken apart so the
newsreader won't do that...

=IF(H3="Yes","Nothing Needed",MID(LEFT(", "&B$2,10*(B3="No"))&
LEFT(", "&C$2,9*(C3="No"))&LEFT(", "&D$2,6*(D3="No")),3,99)&
LEFT("Packet Complete",15*(B3&C3&D3="YesYesYes")))

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Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Rick Rothstein" wrote in message
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Does this do what you want? Place in I3 and copy down....

=IF(H3="Yes","Nothing Needed",MID(LEFT(", "&B$2,10*(B3="No"))&LEFT(",
"&C$2,9*(C3="No"))&LEFT(", "&D$2,6*(D3="No")),3,99)&LEFT("Packet
Complete",15*(B3&C3&D3="YesYesYes")))

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Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Bob" wrote in message
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I'm working on a project where cell B3 through D3 contain the values
"Yes"
and "No." These indicate whether the name in A3 has the documents listed
in
B2 through D2. If the value in a cell is "No" I would like for cell I3
to
show which documents each name needs. Finally, when all the information
is
complete I would like for it to show "Packet Completed" until H3 states a
"Yes" answer, which then would show "Nothing Needed" For example:

Name Homework Quizzes Test Needs
John Yes No No Quizzes, Test

Say John finishes his quizzes then it would only show Tests in the Needs
Column, and when he finished his tests the needs column would read All
Assignments Completed.

I've tried nesting the IF formula, but it states "Argument too long" in a
message box. Again I nested 5 IF Formulas together. How would I be able
to
have Excel work for me to fill in that information automatically as it is
updated?