look in help for conditional formatting
in the formula is box put

=COUNTA(B9,N9,Z9,AL9)=4

click the format button and select font colour and click OK twice

the above means that all 4 cells need to have data for this to happen

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Excel 95 - Excel 2007
Northwest Excel Solutions
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"John Elliott" <John wrote in message
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Is it possible to change the color of text using a formula, such as an IF
statement? What I have in mind is something like this (stated simply): If
cells B9 or N9 or Z9 or AL9 are blank, do nothing, else color text in cell
S4
red.