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I am trying to make one column gray based on the whether or not the value in
the previous column =Y. Do I use "formula is" in Conditional Formatting, and
what then would the formula be?
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Assuming the cell is B1,

=A1="Y"

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I am trying to make one column gray based on the whether or not the value

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the previous column =Y. Do I use "formula is" in Conditional Formatting,

and
what then would the formula be?



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Bob,

Thanks a million! I wasn't using the quotation marks. So simple!!


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Assuming the cell is B1,

=A1="Y"

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HTH

RP
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I am trying to make one column gray based on the whether or not the value

in
the previous column =Y. Do I use "formula is" in Conditional Formatting,

and
what then would the formula be?




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