Conditional Formatting based on month name
 

I have a sheet where C2 contains the typed text of a month, i.e. February.
Range C4:D14 contains actual dates spanning several months. I would like to
highlight the cells that contain the month in C2. I've floundered around
for several hours without a solution. Any help?

P.S. I need C2 to remain text so it won't change until I change it.

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David

Try:

Select C4:D14

Click Format Conditional Formatting

Under Condition 1, make the settings as:
Formula Is| =AND(TEXT(C4,"mmmm")=$C$2,C4<"")
Click Format button Patterns tab Light brown? OK
Click OK at the main dialog

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Rgds
Max
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"David" wrote in message
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I have a sheet where C2 contains the typed text of a month, i.e. February.
Range C4:D14 contains actual dates spanning several months. I would like
to
highlight the cells that contain the month in C2. I've floundered around
for several hours without a solution. Any help?

P.S. I need C2 to remain text so it won't change until I change it.

--
David

Max wrote

Formula Is| =AND(TEXT(C4,"mmmm")=$C$2,C4<"")

Excellent!!! Reducing to =TEXT(C4,"mmmm")=$C$2 works as well, although I
can see why the test for blanks might come in handy someday.

Thanks.

P.S. While waiting for a response I was able to type 2/1 (that makes
changing months easier) in C2 and custom format as mmmm and achieve what I
wanted with:
Formula is|=MONTH(C4)=MONTH($C$2)
The secret was making C2 absolute, which I had overlooked in previous
trials.

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David

You're welcome !

Formula Is| =AND(TEXT(C4,"mmmm")=$C$2,C4<"")

The ... C4<"" condition is included to prevent any blank cells within the
source range from "wrongly" triggering the CF when C2 = January

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Rgds
Max
xl 97
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GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E
xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom
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"David" wrote in message
...
Max wrote

Formula Is| =AND(TEXT(C4,"mmmm")=$C$2,C4<"")

Excellent!!! Reducing to =TEXT(C4,"mmmm")=$C$2 works as well, although I
can see why the test for blanks might come in handy someday.

Thanks.

P.S. While waiting for a response I was able to type 2/1 (that makes
changing months easier) in C2 and custom format as mmmm and achieve what I
wanted with:
Formula is|=MONTH(C4)=MONTH($C$2)
The secret was making C2 absolute, which I had overlooked in previous
trials.

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David

Max wrote

The ... C4<"" condition is included to prevent any blank cells within
the source range from "wrongly" triggering the CF when C2 = January

So I discovered when testing for January. Thanks again.

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David