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Hi all,

I am trying to get a cell to change color when:
D5 contains "/" in the form of for example:

CM/F/CM or C/C

I tried different variations of:

Formula Is------------------$D$5= "*/*"

but it does not work, any ideas?

Thanks for nay help,
Emilio

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Hi!

Try this:

Formula Is: =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("/",A1))

Biff

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Hi all,

I am trying to get a cell to change color when:
D5 contains "/" in the form of for example:

CM/F/CM or C/C

I tried different variations of:

Formula Is------------------$D$5= "*/*"

but it does not work, any ideas?

Thanks for nay help,
Emilio

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Thanks a lot,

Emilio




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Hi!

Try this:

Formula Is: =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("/",A1))

Biff

-----Original Message-----
Hi all,

I am trying to get a cell to change color when:
D5 contains "/" in the form of for example:

CM/F/CM or C/C

I tried different variations of:

Formula Is------------------$D$5= "*/*"

but it does not work, any ideas?

Thanks for nay help,
Emilio

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Try

=ISNUMBER(FIND("/",$D$5))

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Hi all,

I am trying to get a cell to change color when:
D5 contains "/" in the form of for example:

CM/F/CM or C/C

I tried different variations of:

Formula Is------------------$D$5= "*/*"

but it does not work, any ideas?

Thanks for nay help,
Emilio



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