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i've applied a conditional formatting formula to a range of cells, when
the condition is true the formatting only occurs in the top left cell
of the area

anybody know why???


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You've most likely misused a relative/absolute address. Check the conditional
format of ONE of the cells which is not working and you'll probably see the
error.

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i've applied a conditional formatting formula to a range of cells, when
the condition is true the formatting only occurs in the top left cell
of the area

anybody know why???


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Tell us what formula you have used. Do it have absolute referencing such as
$B$3 ?
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AHHHH of course i didnt even think of that thanks


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"Do it have..."??? Ha ha - must be Nova Scotia lingo! :-)
Hey, Bernard, - how's things?

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Tell us what formula you have used. Do it have absolute referencing such as
$B$3 ?
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anybody know why???


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Well spotted!
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"Do it have..."??? Ha ha - must be Nova Scotia lingo! :-)
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Tell us what formula you have used. Do it have absolute referencing such
as
$B$3 ?
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