How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells I am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the cell if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my assumption, let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

hi
basically you set up a true/false situation.
if formula is....=IF(A1="home",0,1)
0 = false, 1 = true

regards
FSt1
"aquigley" wrote:

How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells I am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the cell if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

If I select D1:D10 and use Condition Formatting with:
Formula Is; K410 --- green pattern
Then cells D1 to D10 will turn green when corresponding cells in range K4 to
K 13 have a value 10
Any help?
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

Conan,

The variations of 'Outside' are acronyms of the other companies names.
So the only constant in the column is 'Home'.

Also it's a live list, I add information to it everyday, will that be a
problem if I highlight just the cells that currently have data? So far the
conditional formatting has been applied to new information because I "insert
copied cells" in stead of just pasting.

Thanks!

AQuigley

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my assumption, let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

I tried that formula exactly and nothing was formatted. :(

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
basically you set up a true/false situation.
if formula is....=IF(A1="home",0,1)
0 = false, 1 = true

regards
FSt1
"aquigley" wrote:

How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells I am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the cell if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

hi
it worked for me.

sorry
FSt1

"aquigley" wrote:

I tried that formula exactly and nothing was formatted. :(

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
basically you set up a true/false situation.
if formula is....=IF(A1="home",0,1)
0 = false, 1 = true

regards
FSt1
"aquigley" wrote:

How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells I am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the cell if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

aquigley,

Try this:

Follow my directions from my previous post (below), but chang:

=left(B2,7)="Outside"

to:

=A2<"Home"

I think that will accomplish your desired results.

Let me know,

conan




"aquigley" wrote in message
...
Conan,

The variations of 'Outside' are acronyms of the other companies names.
So the only constant in the column is 'Home'.

Also it's a live list, I add information to it everyday, will that be a
problem if I highlight just the cells that currently have data? So far the
conditional formatting has been applied to new information because I
"insert
copied cells" in stead of just pasting.

Thanks!

AQuigley

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my assumption,
let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells
I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that
are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the
cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations
of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to
highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted
in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

Perfect. Thanks!

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

Try this:

Follow my directions from my previous post (below), but chang:

=left(B2,7)="Outside"

to:

=A2<"Home"

I think that will accomplish your desired results.

Let me know,

conan




"aquigley" wrote in message
...
Conan,

The variations of 'Outside' are acronyms of the other companies names.
So the only constant in the column is 'Home'.

Also it's a live list, I add information to it everyday, will that be a
problem if I highlight just the cells that currently have data? So far the
conditional formatting has been applied to new information because I
"insert
copied cells" in stead of just pasting.

Thanks!

AQuigley

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my assumption,
let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells
I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that
are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the
cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations
of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to
highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted
in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

no problem......any time!!!
"aquigley" wrote in message
...
Perfect. Thanks!

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

Try this:

Follow my directions from my previous post (below), but chang:

=left(B2,7)="Outside"

to:

=A2<"Home"

I think that will accomplish your desired results.

Let me know,

conan




"aquigley" wrote in message
...
Conan,

The variations of 'Outside' are acronyms of the other companies names.
So the only constant in the column is 'Home'.

Also it's a live list, I add information to it everyday, will that be a
problem if I highlight just the cells that currently have data? So far
the
conditional formatting has been applied to new information because I
"insert
copied cells" in stead of just pasting.

Thanks!

AQuigley

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my
assumption,
let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a
different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the
cells
I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans
that
are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of
which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the
cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are
variations
of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to
track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to
highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be
highlighted
in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

Hi Folks,

Wondering if you could help me out. I'm trying to do something similar, I
think.

I've got an Excel spreadsheet that has several columns of Yes/No Data (E, F,
and G). Basically, if the answers in F and G are both no, and the answer in
E is Yes, I want the formatting of the E cell to be different. How would I
change the function described earlier, or can I to do what I'm trying to do?

Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,

Jules

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my assumption, let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

CF/ Formula Is/
=AND(E2="Yes",F2="No",G2="No")
--
David Biddulph

"JulesB" wrote in message
...
Hi Folks,

Wondering if you could help me out. I'm trying to do something similar, I
think.

I've got an Excel spreadsheet that has several columns of Yes/No Data (E,
F,
and G). Basically, if the answers in F and G are both no, and the answer
in
E is Yes, I want the formatting of the E cell to be different. How would
I
change the function described earlier, or can I to do what I'm trying to
do?

Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,

Jules

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my assumption,
let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells
I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that
are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the
cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations
of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to
highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted
in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

Thank you! That totally worked!

Jules

"David Biddulph" wrote:

CF/ Formula Is/
=AND(E2="Yes",F2="No",G2="No")
--
David Biddulph

"JulesB" wrote in message
...
Hi Folks,

Wondering if you could help me out. I'm trying to do something similar, I
think.

I've got an Excel spreadsheet that has several columns of Yes/No Data (E,
F,
and G). Basically, if the answers in F and G are both no, and the answer
in
E is Yes, I want the formatting of the E cell to be different. How would
I
change the function described earlier, or can I to do what I'm trying to
do?

Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,

Jules

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my assumption,
let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells
I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that
are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the
cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations
of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to
highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted
in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

Just out of curiousity, is it possible to get that formatting to apply to the
whole row?

Just trying to highlight rows where this combination of data is present.

Thanks!

Jules

"David Biddulph" wrote:

CF/ Formula Is/
=AND(E2="Yes",F2="No",G2="No")
--
David Biddulph

"JulesB" wrote in message
...
Hi Folks,

Wondering if you could help me out. I'm trying to do something similar, I
think.

I've got an Excel spreadsheet that has several columns of Yes/No Data (E,
F,
and G). Basically, if the answers in F and G are both no, and the answer
in
E is Yes, I want the formatting of the E cell to be different. How would
I
change the function described earlier, or can I to do what I'm trying to
do?

Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,

Jules

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my assumption,
let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the cells
I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans that
are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the
cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are variations
of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to
highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be highlighted
in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

Glad to hear it.
--
David Biddulph

"JulesB" wrote in message
...
Thank you! That totally worked!

Jules

"David Biddulph" wrote:

CF/ Formula Is/
=AND(E2="Yes",F2="No",G2="No")
--
David Biddulph

"JulesB" wrote in message
...
Hi Folks,

Wondering if you could help me out. I'm trying to do something
similar, I
think.

I've got an Excel spreadsheet that has several columns of Yes/No Data
(E,
F,
and G). Basically, if the answers in F and G are both no, and the
answer
in
E is Yes, I want the formatting of the E cell to be different. How
would
I
change the function described earlier, or can I to do what I'm trying
to
do?

Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,

Jules

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my
assumption,
let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a
different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the
cells
I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans
that
are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of
which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the
cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are
variations
of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to
track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to
highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be
highlighted
in
the column B.
And Vice versa.

Yes, it is.

Just make sure that the column references use absolute addressing, not
relative.
--
David Biddulph

"JulesB" wrote in message
...
Just out of curiousity, is it possible to get that formatting to apply to
the
whole row?

Just trying to highlight rows where this combination of data is present.

Thanks!

Jules

"David Biddulph" wrote:

CF/ Formula Is/
=AND(E2="Yes",F2="No",G2="No")
--
David Biddulph

"JulesB" wrote in message
...
Hi Folks,

Wondering if you could help me out. I'm trying to do something
similar, I
think.

I've got an Excel spreadsheet that has several columns of Yes/No Data
(E,
F,
and G). Basically, if the answers in F and G are both no, and the
answer
in
E is Yes, I want the formatting of the E cell to be different. How
would
I
change the function described earlier, or can I to do what I'm trying
to
do?

Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,

Jules

"Conan Kelly" wrote:

aquigley,

When you say:

The other values that are entered are variations of
"Outside".

That means what exactly? Do they all start with the word "Outside"?

If so, you could do something like this:

(Assuming conditional formatting data is in B2:B25)
1. Select the data (B2:B25)
2. Open Conditional Formatting (FormatConditional Fomatting...)
3. Change the "Cell Value Is" drop down box to "Formula Is"
4. Enter this formula (w/o the qotes): "=left(B2,7)="Outside""
5. Set formatting properties to your desire.

If "variations of 'Outside'" is something different than my
assumption,
let
me know and we can adjust it to get it to work.

HTH,

Conan





"aquigley" wrote in message
...
How can I conditionally format a cell based on the value in a
different
cell.

I have two columns of information. None of the information in the
cells
I
am
trying to format is numeric. I am trying to track names to loans
that
are
with the company. If they wrote outside, I need to keep track of
which
other
company it was written with.

The First column currently has a conditional format to highlight the
cell
if
the value is = "Home". The other values that are entered are
variations
of
"Outside". I have to keep the variations as they are, in order to
track
which
loans went with which other company.

The second column has the borrowers name. I need this column to
highlight
the cells if the loan was written outside.

So if the cell is highlighted in column A, it should not be
highlighted
in
the column B.
And Vice versa.