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Conditional Formatting Help
Hi All I have a spreadsheet that has data from columns A thru to J. The data is imported from another program so the positioning of text varies each time the user runs existing macro's within the spreadsheet. I wanted to add a border on the top of any row (from column A - J) that has any text that appears in column B (starting from cell B14 and moving down). For Example if there is text in cells B15 and B20 then the top edge or A15:J15, and A20:J20 will have borders. I have tried playing around with conditional formatting and can't get it to work. The other alternative is with a macro but I am not experianced enough to set the macro up to keep repeating itself until it reaches the bottom of column B ie there are no more cells to check for text (sure this is easy when you know how) Thanks in advance for any help Ta Karen -- ksp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ksp's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=6267 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=537081 |
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Hi!
Try this: Assume the range in question is A14:J20 Select that range Goto FormatConditional Formatting Formula Is: =ISTEXT($B14) Click the Format button Select the Border tab Select your desired line style from the list on the far right Click the location where you want the line to appear in the "preview box" OK out Biff "ksp" wrote in message ... Hi All I have a spreadsheet that has data from columns A thru to J. The data is imported from another program so the positioning of text varies each time the user runs existing macro's within the spreadsheet. I wanted to add a border on the top of any row (from column A - J) that has any text that appears in column B (starting from cell B14 and moving down). For Example if there is text in cells B15 and B20 then the top edge or A15:J15, and A20:J20 will have borders. I have tried playing around with conditional formatting and can't get it to work. The other alternative is with a macro but I am not experianced enough to set the macro up to keep repeating itself until it reaches the bottom of column B ie there are no more cells to check for text (sure this is easy when you know how) Thanks in advance for any help Ta Karen -- ksp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ksp's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=6267 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=537081 |
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Hi Biff Thanks for that it works but what I didn't think of was that the edges of each column have preset borders of different weights (the outer most ones being heavy), CF in this way doesn't look like it is going to let me set the column edges differently - unfortunately Thanks anyway Karen -- ksp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ksp's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=6267 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=537081 |
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Yeah, you don't get the full selection of line weights/styles using cf.
Oh well! Biff "ksp" wrote in message ... Hi Biff Thanks for that it works but what I didn't think of was that the edges of each column have preset borders of different weights (the outer most ones being heavy), CF in this way doesn't look like it is going to let me set the column edges differently - unfortunately Thanks anyway Karen -- ksp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ksp's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=6267 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=537081 |
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Take a look at http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.....Download.html
-- HTH Bob Phillips (remove nothere from email address if mailing direct) "ksp" wrote in message ... Hi Biff Thanks for that it works but what I didn't think of was that the edges of each column have preset borders of different weights (the outer most ones being heavy), CF in this way doesn't look like it is going to let me set the column edges differently - unfortunately Thanks anyway Karen -- ksp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ksp's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=6267 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=537081 |
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