I am trying to apply a conditional formula to a range of cells. I want rows
to have a different color if the contents of the cell in column H has the
word Done in it. Is there a way to do this, or does the conditional formula
have to reference a numeric value? Using 'Formula is =$H2=Done' does
nothing. Thanks!

=$H2="Done"

You need quotes around any text string.
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David Biddulph

"Roger" wrote in message
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I am trying to apply a conditional formula to a range of cells. I want
rows
to have a different color if the contents of the cell in column H has the
word Done in it. Is there a way to do this, or does the conditional
formula
have to reference a numeric value? Using 'Formula is =$H2=Done' does
nothing. Thanks!

How about just using
Cell Value is:
equal to:
="done"

If you really meant that cell can contain Done and other text:

Formula is:
=countif(a1,"*done*")0

With A1 the activecell.



Roger wrote:

I am trying to apply a conditional formula to a range of cells. I want rows
to have a different color if the contents of the cell in column H has the
word Done in it. Is there a way to do this, or does the conditional formula
have to reference a numeric value? Using 'Formula is =$H2=Done' does
nothing. Thanks!

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Dave Peterson

Formula is =$H2="Done"


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"Roger" wrote:

I am trying to apply a conditional formula to a range of cells. I want rows
to have a different color if the contents of the cell in column H has the
word Done in it. Is there a way to do this, or does the conditional formula
have to reference a numeric value? Using 'Formula is =$H2=Done' does
nothing. Thanks!

Thanks, guys. Can't believe I didn't think of double-quotes. I'm so used to
using single quotes in sql statements. Make things too hard sometimes.
Thanks, again.

"David Biddulph" wrote:

=$H2="Done"

You need quotes around any text string.
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David Biddulph

"Roger" wrote in message
...
I am trying to apply a conditional formula to a range of cells. I want
rows
to have a different color if the contents of the cell in column H has the
word Done in it. Is there a way to do this, or does the conditional
formula
have to reference a numeric value? Using 'Formula is =$H2=Done' does
nothing. Thanks!