To work across files, the source book must be simultaneously open,
and the CF formula will look like this in the destination book's sheet eg:
=ISNUMBER(MATCH($A1,INDIRECT("'[Book2.xls]Sheet2'!A:A"),0))
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"Hassan" wrote:
I would like to set-up a conditionl formatig that will compare 2 cells in
different files. Currently I am getting the error message telling me that
contitional formationg can not be done for cells in different sheets or file.
Help is appreciated.