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I have a vlookup, in a cell, which looks up color names. I want to background
color, of the cell, to change to the color based on the vlookup color name.

Can anyone help?

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On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:42:01 -0700, Antney
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I have a vlookup, in a cell, which looks up color names. I want to background
color, of the cell, to change to the color based on the vlookup color name.

Can anyone help?

Thanks.


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