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I am trying to achieve this:

If i have text in range a5:b144 then I want to color each coresponding cell
in the range d5:e144.

ie: if a5 has a number in it... then d5 turns yello
ie: if b33 has a number in it.. then e33 turns yello

Is there a way to do this?

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Dave Peterson
 
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Select D5:E144

With D5 the activecell
format|conditional formating
formula is:
=A5<""
give it a nice pattern format.

If you really wanted to distinguish only numbers, use a formula like:
=isnumber(a5)





Danielle wrote:

I am trying to achieve this:

If i have text in range a5:b144 then I want to color each coresponding cell
in the range d5:e144.

ie: if a5 has a number in it... then d5 turns yello
ie: if b33 has a number in it.. then e33 turns yello

Is there a way to do this?

D.


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