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Default test is text, not number..

hi, trying to fix a conditional format to if not empty, but not a number. is
there a way to test for that? along lines of:

=IF(AND(A1<"",A1<number),..

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Default test is text, not number..

You probably want something like:

.... NOT(ISNUMBER(A1)) ...

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On Jul 14, 1:32 am, nastech wrote:
hi, trying to fix a conditional format to if not empty, but not a number. is
there a way to test for that? along lines of:

=IF(AND(A1<"",A1<number),..

thanks.



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Default test is text, not number..

=IF(AND(A1<"",A1<number),..

For CF, this might suffice:
=AND(A1<"",ISTEXT(A1))
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hi, trying to fix a conditional format to if not empty, but not a number. is
there a way to test for that? along lines of:

=IF(AND(A1<"",A1<number),..

thanks.

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