Does anyone know if you can write a macro in Excel that will result in
certain cells being colored in if a specific condition exists? I know you can
write for the condition, but can the product actually go out and color a
specific cell say red if the correct condition exists?
Thanks,

You don't need a macro, you can do that with Conditional Formatting
(FormatConditional Formatting)

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HTH

RP
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"Nonsequitr" wrote in message
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Does anyone know if you can write a macro in Excel that will result in
certain cells being colored in if a specific condition exists? I know you
can
write for the condition, but can the product actually go out and color a
specific cell say red if the correct condition exists?
Thanks,

Non,

Sure. Here's some example code.

If Range("A1").Value = "Fred" Then
Range("A3").Interior.ColorIndex = 3
Else
Range("A3").Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
End If

Typically, that would be used in the worksheet's change event so that when
A1 is changed, the color of A3 is then automatically changed. As an event,
it could be written exactly the same, just wrapped in the event sub.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

"Nonsequitr" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if you can write a macro in Excel that will result in
certain cells being colored in if a specific condition exists? I know you
can
write for the condition, but can the product actually go out and color a
specific cell say red if the correct condition exists?
Thanks,

problem not clear. however use format-conditional formatting


Nonsequitr wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if you can write a macro in Excel that will result in
certain cells being colored in if a specific condition exists? I know you
can
write for the condition, but can the product actually go out and color a
specific cell say red if the correct condition exists?
Thanks,