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Dear all,

How do I do the following please...

Cell A1 contains a number from 1 to 100.

Cells B1-B100 (depending on nr in cell A1) will be filled with blue.

i.e. if cell A1 contains the number 40, cells B1-B40 are all highlighted blue.


Thanking-you in advance,

Neil
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Have a look at Format | Conditional Formatting
Then come back if more help needed
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Dear all,

How do I do the following please...

Cell A1 contains a number from 1 to 100.

Cells B1-B100 (depending on nr in cell A1) will be filled with blue.

i.e. if cell A1 contains the number 40, cells B1-B40 are all highlighted
blue.


Thanking-you in advance,

Neil



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Nope, sorry, I've had a fiddle around and no luck.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Have a look at Format | Conditional Formatting
Then come back if more help needed
best wishes
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Dear all,

How do I do the following please...

Cell A1 contains a number from 1 to 100.

Cells B1-B100 (depending on nr in cell A1) will be filled with blue.

i.e. if cell A1 contains the number 40, cells B1-B40 are all highlighted
blue.


Thanking-you in advance,

Neil




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If I insert a number into column B cells, i.e. B1 "1", B2 "2", B3 "3"... then
conditionally format the column to fill blue "if less than or equal to $A$1"
it works.

However this means that the cells in column B are filled with numbers when I
ideally wish to fill them for additional information.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Have a look at Format | Conditional Formatting
Then come back if more help needed
best wishes
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Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme
remove caps from email

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Dear all,

How do I do the following please...

Cell A1 contains a number from 1 to 100.

Cells B1-B100 (depending on nr in cell A1) will be filled with blue.

i.e. if cell A1 contains the number 40, cells B1-B40 are all highlighted
blue.


Thanking-you in advance,

Neil




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In CF, use Formula Is, rather than Cell Value Is, and use the formula
=ROW()<=$A$1
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If I insert a number into column B cells, i.e. B1 "1", B2 "2", B3 "3"...
then
conditionally format the column to fill blue "if less than or equal to
$A$1"
it works.

However this means that the cells in column B are filled with numbers when
I
ideally wish to fill them for additional information.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Have a look at Format | Conditional Formatting
Then come back if more help needed
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Neil Pearce" wrote in message
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Dear all,

How do I do the following please...

Cell A1 contains a number from 1 to 100.

Cells B1-B100 (depending on nr in cell A1) will be filled with blue.

i.e. if cell A1 contains the number 40, cells B1-B40 are all
highlighted
blue.


Thanking-you in advance,

Neil








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Clever.

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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:58:32 -0000, "David Biddulph" <groups [at]
biddulph.org.uk wrote:

In CF, use Formula Is, rather than Cell Value Is, and use the formula
=ROW()<=$A$1


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