Hi

Select the cell, in my example I will use A1, goto conditional
formatting Condition1: Formula is enter this formula:

=A1<""

Select the desired formatting.

Hopes this helps.
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Per

On 26 Maj, 17:55, andreashermle wrote:
Dear Experts:

I got a nested 'IF'-Formula in an excel cell that returns nothing if
the condition is false.

I would like to conditionally format this cell with grey shading if
the condition is true and a string value is displayed.

How can this be achieved using excel conditional formating
functionality ?

Help is much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.

Regards, Andreas