To debug your formula, copy it from your CF "Formula Is" window and paste to
a separate cell. If need be you can split it into manageable chunks in
extra cells.
Copy and paste, don't try to retype, as your problem is presumably a typing
error somewhere.
--
David Biddulph

"Gary" wrote in message
...
Something must be wrong. Here's my reasoning using part of my formula as
follows: =OR(AND(F7="Y",K7=""),AND(H7="Y",K7=""))
If I use this part of the above formula AND(F7="Y",K7="") the cell K7
turns
red. However, if I add the second part, ie AND(H7="Y",K7="")) without
changing any values in any cells, the cell K7 does not turn red. If I
enter
"Y" in cell H7, so both cells F7 and H7 = "Y", the cell K7 turns red. I
believe my formula is evaluating both of the And statements together,
instead
of independently of each other. I assume there must be some way of
arranging
the ( ) so each AND statement is evaluated independently so if either AND
statement is true, cell K7 will turn red.

"T. Valko" wrote:

There's nothing wrong with the syntax of your formula.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Gary" wrote in message
...
I'm using nested conditions as follows:
=OR(AND(F7="Y",K7=""),AND(H7="Y",K7=""),AND(AS7="Y es",AF7="",K7<"X",K7<"*"),AND(I7="$",AF7="")),
where if the conditions (AND(F7="Y",K7="") are true cell turns red, or
if
the second conditions are true AND(H7="Y",K7="") the cell turns red,
etc.
ie,
I want each "AND" condition to be evaluated separately, so if any of
the
AND
conditions are true the cell will turn red. I must have my ( ) in the
wrong
combinations because the formula does not produce my expected results.