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Conditional formatting contains
I would like to be able to conditionally format data that is contained within
a cell even if there is other data in the cell. For example: A2 - East-NE-NO-ETC A3 - East-NE-TP-Critical A4 - East-SE-NO-Investment A5 - East-SE-CM-Investment Id like to be able to conditionally format all of the cells in Column A that contain NE to be one color, and all that contain SE to be another color. Is that possible? How? Thanks in advance for any input! |
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Conditional formatting contains
1. Select the range
2. From menu FormatConditional Formatting 3. For Condition1Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-NE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Red) 4. Click on Add button. 5. For Condition2Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-SE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Orange) 6. Hit OK -- If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Amy" wrote: I would like to be able to conditionally format data that is contained within a cell even if there is other data in the cell. For example: A2 - East-NE-NO-ETC A3 - East-NE-TP-Critical A4 - East-SE-NO-Investment A5 - East-SE-CM-Investment Id like to be able to conditionally format all of the cells in Column A that contain NE to be one color, and all that contain SE to be another color. Is that possible? How? Thanks in advance for any input! |
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Conditional formatting contains
With your data in Col A
1st condition =FIND("-NE-",A1) 2nd condition =FIND("-SE-",A1) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Jacob Skaria" wrote: 1. Select the range 2. From menu FormatConditional Formatting 3. For Condition1Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-NE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Red) 4. Click on Add button. 5. For Condition2Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-SE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Orange) 6. Hit OK -- If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Amy" wrote: I would like to be able to conditionally format data that is contained within a cell even if there is other data in the cell. For example: A2 - East-NE-NO-ETC A3 - East-NE-TP-Critical A4 - East-SE-NO-Investment A5 - East-SE-CM-Investment Id like to be able to conditionally format all of the cells in Column A that contain NE to be one color, and all that contain SE to be another color. Is that possible? How? Thanks in advance for any input! |
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Conditional formatting contains
Jacob,
Thanks for the response! This works if I'm only formatting a single cell (i.e. Formula is =FIND("-NE-",A2) will format cell A2.) However, I can't get it to work for an entire column. Even if I select the column and change the formula to =FIND("-NE-",A:A) it is ineffectual. I adjusted the formula several ways with no success. Any ideas for getting the same concept to work on a column of data? "Jacob Skaria" wrote: 1. Select the range 2. From menu FormatConditional Formatting 3. For Condition1Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-NE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Red) 4. Click on Add button. 5. For Condition2Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-SE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Orange) 6. Hit OK -- If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Amy" wrote: I would like to be able to conditionally format data that is contained within a cell even if there is other data in the cell. For example: A2 - East-NE-NO-ETC A3 - East-NE-TP-Critical A4 - East-SE-NO-Investment A5 - East-SE-CM-Investment Id like to be able to conditionally format all of the cells in Column A that contain NE to be one color, and all that contain SE to be another color. Is that possible? How? Thanks in advance for any input! |
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Conditional formatting contains
I'm an idiot. Thanks!
"Jacob Skaria" wrote: With your data in Col A 1st condition =FIND("-NE-",A1) 2nd condition =FIND("-SE-",A1) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Jacob Skaria" wrote: 1. Select the range 2. From menu FormatConditional Formatting 3. For Condition1Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-NE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Red) 4. Click on Add button. 5. For Condition2Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-SE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Orange) 6. Hit OK -- If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Amy" wrote: I would like to be able to conditionally format data that is contained within a cell even if there is other data in the cell. For example: A2 - East-NE-NO-ETC A3 - East-NE-TP-Critical A4 - East-SE-NO-Investment A5 - East-SE-CM-Investment Id like to be able to conditionally format all of the cells in Column A that contain NE to be one color, and all that contain SE to be another color. Is that possible? How? Thanks in advance for any input! |
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Conditional formatting "contains"
Don't adjust the formula. Select your whole column, and then if A2 is the
active cell use your =FIND("-NE-",A2) as the CF formula. When you look in A3, you will see that the formula is =FIND("-NE-",A3), and so on. An alternative is to format the first cell, then use either format painter or Copy and Edit/Paste Special/ Formats to copy the format down the rest of the column. -- David Biddulph "Amy" wrote in message ... Jacob, Thanks for the response! This works if I'm only formatting a single cell (i.e. Formula is =FIND("-NE-",A2) will format cell A2.) However, I can't get it to work for an entire column. Even if I select the column and change the formula to =FIND("-NE-",A:A) it is ineffectual. I adjusted the formula several ways with no success. Any ideas for getting the same concept to work on a column of data? "Jacob Skaria" wrote: 1. Select the range 2. From menu FormatConditional Formatting 3. For Condition1Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-NE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Red) 4. Click on Add button. 5. For Condition2Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula =FIND("-SE-",D1) Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Orange) 6. Hit OK -- If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Amy" wrote: I would like to be able to conditionally format data that is contained within a cell even if there is other data in the cell. For example: A2 - East-NE-NO-ETC A3 - East-NE-TP-Critical A4 - East-SE-NO-Investment A5 - East-SE-CM-Investment I'd like to be able to conditionally format all of the cells in Column A that contain "NE" to be one color, and all that contain "SE" to be another color. Is that possible? How? Thanks in advance for any input! |
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