I have a question about conditional formatting. How can I use one condition
to say "make the cell yellow if the number being judged is 15-20 percent
below or 15-20 percent above the target"? I ask how can i use one because
there are two other conditions +- 15%. and +- 20%.

depending upon the target, and where the cells are. Assume the target is
100, and the

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"KCi" wrote in message
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I have a question about conditional formatting. How can I use one
condition
to say "make the cell yellow if the number being judged is 15-20 percent
below or 15-20 percent above the target"? I ask how can i use one because
there are two other conditions +- 15%. and +- 20%.

Try again...

depending upon the target, and where the cells are. Assume the target is
100, and the target cells are A1:A100

Select A1:A100
Menu FormatConditional Formatting
Change condition to Formula Is
Add formula of =AND(A1=100-(100*15%),A1<=100+(100*15%))
Click format, select Pattern and choose a colour
OK
Add condition
repeat with a formula of =AND(A1=100-(100*20%),A1<=100+(100*20%))
OK out


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RP
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"KCi" wrote in message
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I have a question about conditional formatting. How can I use one
condition
to say "make the cell yellow if the number being judged is 15-20 percent
below or 15-20 percent above the target"? I ask how can i use one because
there are two other conditions +- 15%. and +- 20%.

I got this to work with the cell to be tested as A2 and the target in
B2. I entered 75 in A2 and 80 as target in B2.

With the cell pointer on A2, click Format Conditional Formatting.
Set the first condition to "Formula Is" in the drop down, and then
enter =ABS(1-(A2/B2))<=0.15. This checks to see if the test cell is
within +-15% of the target. (I set the format to paint the cell
yellow). Then click the Add button and set condtion 2 to "Formula is"
and enter
=AND(ABS(1-(A2/B2))0.15,ABS(1-(A2/B2))<=0.2)
.... which checks to see if the target is greater than +/-15% but less
than +/-20%. I set the format to paint the cell blue under these
conditions.