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cell text length conditional formatting - Excel 2003
i have a sheet with data in cells A1:D250. i would like to apply conditional
formatting to any cell in the range that has a text length over 15 characters, is this possible? |
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cell text length conditional formatting - Excel 2003
Sorry, not without VBA coding.
However, you could consider using Data Validation to limit the number of characters entered into a cell with an alert given when it exceeds 15 characters. "Manc Shaun" wrote: i have a sheet with data in cells A1:D250. i would like to apply conditional formatting to any cell in the range that has a text length over 15 characters, is this possible? |
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cell text length conditional formatting - Excel 2003
Select A1:D250 range and enter =LEN(A1)15 in CF formula field!
Regards, Stefi €˛Manc Shaun€¯ ezt Ć*rta: i have a sheet with data in cells A1:D250. i would like to apply conditional formatting to any cell in the range that has a text length over 15 characters, is this possible? |
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You can use FORMULA IS and test for Len(A1)15
"Manc Shaun" wrote: i have a sheet with data in cells A1:D250. i would like to apply conditional formatting to any cell in the range that has a text length over 15 characters, is this possible? |
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