i wish to highlight the cell at largest value in some cells (A1, A3, A5...)
in A column

i know how to do it if they are all the cells in A column
=A1=max($a:$a)

how can i do selectively if they are just A1, A3, A5...?

Secondly, the value of A1, A3, A5... are less than 10, other values in the
column are larger than 10.

Can i make use "countif" to do above?

Thanks a lot.

tony

Use =A1=MAX(A1, A3, A5)

tony wong Wrote:
i wish to highlight the cell at largest value in some cells (A1, A3,
A5...)
in A column

i know how to do it if they are all the cells in A column
=A1=max($a:$a)

how can i do selectively if they are just A1, A3, A5...?

Secondly, the value of A1, A3, A5... are less than 10, other values in
the
column are larger than 10.

Can i make use "countif" to do above?

Thanks a lot.

tony


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If it is always the every other cell starting in A1 you can use

=SUMPRODUCT(MAX(IF(ISNUMBER($A$1:$A$10)*(MOD(ROW($ A$1:$A$10),2)=1),($A$1:$A$10))))


replace A1:A10 with the range in question, note also that you can't have any
numbers equaling the max value in A2, A4 and so on

I don't understand your 2nd question




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"tony wong" wrote in message
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i wish to highlight the cell at largest value in some cells (A1, A3, A5...)
in A column

i know how to do it if they are all the cells in A column
=A1=max($a:$a)

how can i do selectively if they are just A1, A3, A5...?

Secondly, the value of A1, A3, A5... are less than 10, other values in the
column are larger than 10.

Can i make use "countif" to do above?

Thanks a lot.

tony

This would be enough since you don't need to array enter formulas

A1=MAX(IF(ISNUMBER($A$1:$A$10)*(MOD(ROW($A$1:$A$10 ),2)=1),($A$1:$A$10)))


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www.nwexcelsolutions.com





"Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message
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If it is always the every other cell starting in A1 you can use

=SUMPRODUCT(MAX(IF(ISNUMBER($A$1:$A$10)*(MOD(ROW($ A$1:$A$10),2)=1),($A$1:$A$10))))


replace A1:A10 with the range in question, note also that you can't have
any numbers equaling the max value in A2, A4 and so on

I don't understand your 2nd question




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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Excel 95 - Excel 2007
Northwest Excel Solutions
www.nwexcelsolutions.com



"tony wong" wrote in message
...
i wish to highlight the cell at largest value in some cells (A1, A3,
A5...) in A column

i know how to do it if they are all the cells in A column
=A1=max($a:$a)

how can i do selectively if they are just A1, A3, A5...?

Secondly, the value of A1, A3, A5... are less than 10, other values in
the column are larger than 10.

Can i make use "countif" to do above?

Thanks a lot.

tony