"gcotterl" wrote
How do I find the rows that do NOT have "04-5498" in ANY column?

Just in case you're still interested in the CF approach ..
(apologies for the earlier mis-interp <g)

Select the rows to be covered, say rows 1 to 10
(click and drag on the row headers 1 to 10)

Click Format Conditional Formatting

Under Condition 1:
Formula is| =COUNTIF(1:1,"04-5498")=0
Click Format button Patterns tab light brown? OK

Click OK at the main dialog

(Excel will auto-adjust the formulas relatively)

If there's no cell within any row (in the formatted range)
that contains: "04-5498"
then the entire row will be colored with light brown fill

Test it out by inputting*: "04-5498" in any cell in any row which already
appear conditionally formatted with light brown fill. The fill color for the
entire row will disappear.

*Precede the input with an apostrophe (')

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