I have 20 columns in an Excel 2003 spreadsheet. I am not sure how many rows
there are as this could change.

If Column D and Column E are NOT equal, I would like both the cells
(colorIndex to be 40) to be tan

If Column F and Column G are not equal then I would like to shade the cells
tan as above.

Similarly for Columns H and I.

The last row has the word Grand Total in Col A and that the conditional
formatting should not apply to that row.

I know how to do this with conditional formatting but could someone please
help me do this with a macro that I can install on my PC? I have to implement
this formatting for several spreadsheets of various sizes and a macro would
be much easier to use.

Thanks.

Sub AddCF()
Dim iLastRow As Long

iLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row - 1
With Range("D1").Resize(iLastRow, 2)

.FormatConditions.Delete
.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, _
Formula1:="=$D" & ActiveCell.Row & _
"<$E" & ActiveCell.Row
.FormatConditions(1).Interior.ColorIndex = 40
End With

End Sub


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Bob Phillips

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"Elaine" wrote in message
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I have 20 columns in an Excel 2003 spreadsheet. I am not sure how many
rows
there are as this could change.

If Column D and Column E are NOT equal, I would like both the cells
(colorIndex to be 40) to be tan

If Column F and Column G are not equal then I would like to shade the
cells
tan as above.

Similarly for Columns H and I.

The last row has the word Grand Total in Col A and that the conditional
formatting should not apply to that row.

I know how to do this with conditional formatting but could someone please
help me do this with a macro that I can install on my PC? I have to
implement
this formatting for several spreadsheets of various sizes and a macro
would
be much easier to use.

Thanks.