in cell B1 put whatever given in Cell A1 ie., RED

in Cell B2 put this formula and drag it down
=IF(A2="","",IF(ISTEXT(A2),A2,B1))



On Feb 7, 9:37*am, Read wrote:
Excel 2003
I need a column formula that recognizes to change a cell reference when
there is a blank in the row. For example - current data:

* * * * * * * column a * * * * * *column b
row 1 * * RED
row 2 * * 12345678
row 3 * * 87654321
row 4
row 5 * * BLUE
row 6 * * 93748504
row 7 * * 87323956

Needed data:
* * * * * *column a * * * * * *column b
row 1 * *RED * * * * *
row 2 * *12345678 * * * * * RED
row 3 * *87654321 * * * * * RED
row 4
row 5 * *BLUE
row 6 * *93748504 * * * * * BLUE
row 7 * *87323956 * * * * * BLUE