Ok so I got help earlier with this situation:
Is there any way to format a column so that if any info is entered into a
cell then its highlighted but if there is no info then nothing happens

ex. (INFO BLAH BLAH) would be black text w gold background
(blank) would be black text w no background
(NEW INFO BLAH) would be black text w gold background

But the answer I got:
Select the cell you want this to happen to (eg A1) then Format |
Conditional Formatting. In the panel that pops up select "Formula Is"
rather than Cell Value Is, and in the next panel enter:

=NOT(ISBLANK(A1))

then click on the Format button and the Patterns tab and select the
background colour that you want (Gold), then OK your way out of it.
You can then use the Format Painter icon to apply the format to other
cells.

Another approach is to apply the background colour to the cell
normally, then select Conditional Formatting but this time use the
formula:

=ISBLANK(A1)

and select a white background and OK twice. Conditional Formatting
takes precedent over the normal formatting of a cell, so if the cell
is empty it will appear white.

Was VERY helpful but I was wondering if there was a way to set up an entire
column to do this..... Hee Hee I'm a pain I know.
THANKS AGAIN