How do I highlight(change fill color) in one cell when text is entered in
another cell and not change the value of the cell I want highlighted?

Not sure if this is what you want but here's a little macro:

Sub MyHighlight()
If Range("B1").Value "" Then
Range("A1").Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf Range("B1").Value = "" Then
Range("A1").Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
End If
End Sub



HHarold wrote:
How do I highlight(change fill color) in one cell when text is entered in
another cell and not change the value of the cell I want highlighted?

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Const WS_RANGE As String = "A1"

On Error GoTo ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Not Intersect(Target, Me.Range(WS_RANGE)) Is Nothing Then
If Target.Value < "" Then
Me.Range("H1").Interior.ColorIndex = 38
Else
Me.Range("H1").Interior.ColorIndex = xlColorIndexNone
End If
End If

ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

'This is worksheet event code, which means that it needs to be
'placed in the appropriate worksheet code module, not a standard
'code module. To do this, right-click on the sheet tab, select
'the View Code option from the menu, and paste the code in.




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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"HHarold" wrote in message
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How do I highlight(change fill color) in one cell when text is entered in
another cell and not change the value of the cell I want highlighted?

Select B1 then......

FormatConditional FormattingFormula is:

=A1<"" for anything at all in A1

=A1="string" for specific string.

Format to a pattern you like.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 08:37:02 -0700, HHarold
wrote:

How do I highlight(change fill color) in one cell when text is entered in
another cell and not change the value of the cell I want highlighted?