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Conditional Format Question
I just can't seem to remember how to do a format like I want.
I want highlight multiple cells in a row IF a cell = N IE: cell A1 is N I want to highlight cells A2-A10 if cell A1 is Y I want no highlighting. anyone know of a quick formula for that? thanks! |
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Select cells A2:A10
Format - Conditional Format Formula is =A$1="N" Set the format as desired. What do you want if A1 < "N" and A1 < "Y". If you want no highlighting, you're done. HTH, Barb Reinhardt "Kevin" wrote: I just can't seem to remember how to do a format like I want. I want highlight multiple cells in a row IF a cell = N IE: cell A1 is N I want to highlight cells A2-A10 if cell A1 is Y I want no highlighting. anyone know of a quick formula for that? thanks! |
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thanks.. what is odd is it does the exact opposite of what I want LOL
I changed it to =$A$1<"N" and then it works the way I want (cells highlighted ONLY if there is an N in cell A1. I thank you a bunch for getting me in the right direction! 1 quick response question though, do yuo know of a way to paset that formatting for each row? every time I use either the format painter, or copy/paset special or whatever, it messes up the cell it is looking for. "Barb Reinhardt" wrote: Select cells A2:A10 Format - Conditional Format Formula is =A$1="N" Set the format as desired. What do you want if A1 < "N" and A1 < "Y". If you want no highlighting, you're done. HTH, Barb Reinhardt "Kevin" wrote: I just can't seem to remember how to do a format like I want. I want highlight multiple cells in a row IF a cell = N IE: cell A1 is N I want to highlight cells A2-A10 if cell A1 is Y I want no highlighting. anyone know of a quick formula for that? thanks! |
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If you are using version 2007, you could just add another string in the
'applies to' box. "Kevin" wrote: thanks.. what is odd is it does the exact opposite of what I want LOL I changed it to =$A$1<"N" and then it works the way I want (cells highlighted ONLY if there is an N in cell A1. I thank you a bunch for getting me in the right direction! 1 quick response question though, do yuo know of a way to paset that formatting for each row? every time I use either the format painter, or copy/paset special or whatever, it messes up the cell it is looking for. "Barb Reinhardt" wrote: Select cells A2:A10 Format - Conditional Format Formula is =A$1="N" Set the format as desired. What do you want if A1 < "N" and A1 < "Y". If you want no highlighting, you're done. HTH, Barb Reinhardt "Kevin" wrote: I just can't seem to remember how to do a format like I want. I want highlight multiple cells in a row IF a cell = N IE: cell A1 is N I want to highlight cells A2-A10 if cell A1 is Y I want no highlighting. anyone know of a quick formula for that? thanks! |
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You have to change the absolute reference so row 1 is not fixed.
=$A1<"N" fixes column A and allows relative referencing for rows. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:46:01 -0700, Kevin wrote: thanks.. what is odd is it does the exact opposite of what I want LOL I changed it to =$A$1<"N" and then it works the way I want (cells highlighted ONLY if there is an N in cell A1. I thank you a bunch for getting me in the right direction! 1 quick response question though, do yuo know of a way to paset that formatting for each row? every time I use either the format painter, or copy/paset special or whatever, it messes up the cell it is looking for. "Barb Reinhardt" wrote: Select cells A2:A10 Format - Conditional Format Formula is =A$1="N" Set the format as desired. What do you want if A1 < "N" and A1 < "Y". If you want no highlighting, you're done. HTH, Barb Reinhardt "Kevin" wrote: I just can't seem to remember how to do a format like I want. I want highlight multiple cells in a row IF a cell = N IE: cell A1 is N I want to highlight cells A2-A10 if cell A1 is Y I want no highlighting. anyone know of a quick formula for that? thanks! |
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