Filtering out text with conditional formatting
 

hi there,

I have a problem I need help with. I have a worksheet that has a
column with 13 digit long number in it.
I want a formula (or is it conditional formatting) that will highlight
the cell if the last 5 digits of the number are not ‘00000’

The number is in text format and needs to stay that way… so I was
thinking there could be come way to examine the text .. I dunno… any
ideas greatly appreciated…

thanks!


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Hi,

Go to conditional formatting. Formula is: =RIGHT(A1,5)<"00000"

Then all you need to do is choose a format.

Regards,
A

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hi there,

I have a problem I need help with. I have a worksheet that has a
column with 13 digit long number in it.
I want a formula (or is it conditional formatting) that will highlight
the cell if the last 5 digits of the number are not €˜00000

The number is in text format and needs to stay that way€¦ so I was
thinking there could be come way to examine the text .. I dunno€¦ any
ideas greatly appreciated€¦

thanks!


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In CF enter: =RIGHT(A1,5)<"00000"
(on one line)
HTH


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hi there,

I have a problem I need help with. I have a worksheet that has a
column with 13 digit long number in it.
I want a formula (or is it conditional formatting) that will highlight
the cell if the last 5 digits of the number are not '00000'

The number is in text format and needs to stay that way. so I was
thinking there could be come way to examine the text .. I dunno. any
ideas greatly appreciated.

thanks!


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Thanks for that guys - unfortunately when I go in to do that, it changes
all the cells to yellow, regardless of whether or not they end with
00000.....
any ideas why this would be? thanks.


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Make sure the "00000" is within quotes, that's all I can think of.

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Thanks for that guys - unfortunately when I go in to do that, it changes
all the cells to yellow, regardless of whether or not they end with
00000.....
any ideas why this would be? thanks.


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