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Conditional formatting affects text as well as values
I'm using Excel 2003. I have a column of order totals. I have applied
conditional formatting to make any values <500 red and =2500 green. This works fine but it also changes the colour of my column heading text to green. Is this correct? Thanks in advance. |
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Hi,
Do it like this instead. Select your column, I used A and then Format|Conditional format - Formula is and enter the formula =AND(ISNUMBER(A1),A1<500) Pick your colour ClicK add and enter the formula =AND(ISNUMBER(A1),A1=2500) and pick your colour OK Mike "SueG" wrote: I'm using Excel 2003. I have a column of order totals. I have applied conditional formatting to make any values <500 red and =2500 green. This works fine but it also changes the colour of my column heading text to green. Is this correct? Thanks in advance. |
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Conditional formatting affects text as well as values
You've probably applied the conditional formatting to the entire column and
Excel is interpreting the value in your column header as being =2500. You can select that single header cell and go to Format | Conditional formatting and remove the conditional formatting for that cell. Be sure that when you do that you respond "NO" to apply the changes to all cells with similar formatting to preserve the conditional formatting for the rest of the column. "SueG" wrote: I'm using Excel 2003. I have a column of order totals. I have applied conditional formatting to make any values <500 red and =2500 green. This works fine but it also changes the colour of my column heading text to green. Is this correct? Thanks in advance. |
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Conditional formatting affects text as well as values
.. but it also changes the colour of my column heading text to green.
Excel simply evaluates any text as being greater than any real num, that's why. You could just remove the CF applied in the header row, as per Jerry's response. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 Downloads:23,500 Files:370 Subscribers:66 xdemechanik --- "SueG" wrote: I'm using Excel 2003. I have a column of order totals. I have applied conditional formatting to make any values <500 red and =2500 green. This works fine but it also changes the colour of my column heading text to green. Is this correct? |
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Conditional formatting affects text as well as values
Thanks for the help
"Mike H" wrote: Hi, Do it like this instead. Select your column, I used A and then Format|Conditional format - Formula is and enter the formula =AND(ISNUMBER(A1),A1<500) Pick your colour ClicK add and enter the formula =AND(ISNUMBER(A1),A1=2500) and pick your colour OK Mike "SueG" wrote: I'm using Excel 2003. I have a column of order totals. I have applied conditional formatting to make any values <500 red and =2500 green. This works fine but it also changes the colour of my column heading text to green. Is this correct? Thanks in advance. |
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Conditional formatting affects text as well as values
Thanks for the help
"JLatham" wrote: You've probably applied the conditional formatting to the entire column and Excel is interpreting the value in your column header as being =2500. You can select that single header cell and go to Format | Conditional formatting and remove the conditional formatting for that cell. Be sure that when you do that you respond "NO" to apply the changes to all cells with similar formatting to preserve the conditional formatting for the rest of the column. "SueG" wrote: I'm using Excel 2003. I have a column of order totals. I have applied conditional formatting to make any values <500 red and =2500 green. This works fine but it also changes the colour of my column heading text to green. Is this correct? Thanks in advance. |
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Conditional formatting affects text as well as values
Thanks for the reply
"Max" wrote: .. but it also changes the colour of my column heading text to green. Excel simply evaluates any text as being greater than any real num, that's why. You could just remove the CF applied in the header row, as per Jerry's response. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 Downloads:23,500 Files:370 Subscribers:66 xdemechanik --- "SueG" wrote: I'm using Excel 2003. I have a column of order totals. I have applied conditional formatting to make any values <500 red and =2500 green. This works fine but it also changes the colour of my column heading text to green. Is this correct? |
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Conditional formatting affects text as well as values
Welcome
-- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 Downloads:23,500 Files:370 Subscribers:66 xdemechanik --- "SueG" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply |
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