Conditional Formatting - Multiple Conditions with OR()
I have been trying to make a conditional format criteria using the "Formula
is", but has not been working quite right. The formula I have is this: =NOT(ISERR(OR(SEARCH($A3,"Personnel"),SEARCH($A3," Ships")))) and it would effect the cells: =$AA$3:$AA$6027 What I am trying to do have any cell that is in AA to become Black if the cell in A does not contain "Ships" or "Personnel". The problem that is occurring is that with the above Formula none of the cells become black, if I take away the NOT() in the formula, ALL cells become black. If I take ISERR() instead of NOT() all cells are not black. Another similarly problem I have with trying to use with the OR() and trying to get cells to turn black or not is: =ISERR(OR(NOT(SEARCH($A3,"Personnel"),SEARCH($A3," Ships"),SEARCH($A3,"Dilemma"),SEARCH($A3,"Event")) ,SEARCH($I3,"1st")))) and would effect the cells: $W$3:$W$6027 In this one, any cell in I with "1st" in it would make W black, or if it does not contain "Ships", "Personnel", "Event", "Dilemma" it would turn black. However this one returns various errors. Either stating equivalent to "Too Complicated" or "Check your formula for errors". If anyone could help me with trying to get these formulas to work out, I would appreciate it. Also something that confounds me at the moment while using the NOT() statement in a formula is that it is stated that NOT(FALSE)=TRUE, NOT(TRUE)=FALSE. Hence, if say a cell in I# = 2nd and I have a Conditional Formula of =SEARCH($I#,"2nd") to turn J# black, it should equal TRUE. But apparently it is received as FALSE? And I have to add NOT() to make the condition TRUE? |
Conditional Formatting - Multiple Conditions with OR()
"EEB3" wrote:
.. What I am trying to do have any cell that is in AA to become Black if the cell in A does not contain "Ships" or "Personnel". One way to get it going is to create a defined range for the 2 words, then use it in a CF formula via SUMPRODUCT, like this: Click Insert Name Define Put under "Names in workbook:": MyList Put in the "Refers to:" box: ={"Ships";"Personnel"} Click OK Then select AA3:AA6027 (AA3 active) apply CF using Formula is: =SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH(MyList,A3)))=0 Format Fill color black OK out Adapt/extend to suit .. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- |
Conditional Formatting - Multiple Conditions with OR()
any cell that is in AA to become Black if the cell
in A does not contain "Ships" or "Personnel". Is "Ships" or "Personnel" part of a larger string? What if the A3 is empty? What do you want to become Black, the text or the fill color? Try something like this: =NOT(OR(A3="personnel",A3="ships")) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "EEB3" wrote in message ... I have been trying to make a conditional format criteria using the "Formula is", but has not been working quite right. The formula I have is this: =NOT(ISERR(OR(SEARCH($A3,"Personnel"),SEARCH($A3," Ships")))) and it would effect the cells: =$AA$3:$AA$6027 What I am trying to do have any cell that is in AA to become Black if the cell in A does not contain "Ships" or "Personnel". The problem that is occurring is that with the above Formula none of the cells become black, if I take away the NOT() in the formula, ALL cells become black. If I take ISERR() instead of NOT() all cells are not black. Another similarly problem I have with trying to use with the OR() and trying to get cells to turn black or not is: =ISERR(OR(NOT(SEARCH($A3,"Personnel"),SEARCH($A3," Ships"),SEARCH($A3,"Dilemma"),SEARCH($A3,"Event")) ,SEARCH($I3,"1st")))) and would effect the cells: $W$3:$W$6027 In this one, any cell in I with "1st" in it would make W black, or if it does not contain "Ships", "Personnel", "Event", "Dilemma" it would turn black. However this one returns various errors. Either stating equivalent to "Too Complicated" or "Check your formula for errors". If anyone could help me with trying to get these formulas to work out, I would appreciate it. Also something that confounds me at the moment while using the NOT() statement in a formula is that it is stated that NOT(FALSE)=TRUE, NOT(TRUE)=FALSE. Hence, if say a cell in I# = 2nd and I have a Conditional Formula of =SEARCH($I#,"2nd") to turn J# black, it should equal TRUE. But apparently it is received as FALSE? And I have to add NOT() to make the condition TRUE? |
Conditional Formatting - Multiple Conditions with OR()
Thanks, this helps a lot, Things work now, (as well as cleans up a lot of the
messy formulas I had there.) And no, "Ships" or "Personnel" would be the only text within that cell (along with other single worded cells) And for items that were listed within column A, if it was blank, it would have no "row" of information after it. I was having the background of the cell being simply filled black, since other columns wouldn't require certain cells to be filled based on what column A had. "T. Valko" wrote: any cell that is in AA to become Black if the cell in A does not contain "Ships" or "Personnel". Is "Ships" or "Personnel" part of a larger string? What if the A3 is empty? What do you want to become Black, the text or the fill color? Try something like this: =NOT(OR(A3="personnel",A3="ships")) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "EEB3" wrote in message ... I have been trying to make a conditional format criteria using the "Formula is", but has not been working quite right. The formula I have is this: =NOT(ISERR(OR(SEARCH($A3,"Personnel"),SEARCH($A3," Ships")))) and it would effect the cells: =$AA$3:$AA$6027 |
Conditional Formatting - Multiple Conditions with OR()
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!
-- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "EEB3" wrote in message ... Thanks, this helps a lot, Things work now, (as well as cleans up a lot of the messy formulas I had there.) And no, "Ships" or "Personnel" would be the only text within that cell (along with other single worded cells) And for items that were listed within column A, if it was blank, it would have no "row" of information after it. I was having the background of the cell being simply filled black, since other columns wouldn't require certain cells to be filled based on what column A had. "T. Valko" wrote: any cell that is in AA to become Black if the cell in A does not contain "Ships" or "Personnel". Is "Ships" or "Personnel" part of a larger string? What if the A3 is empty? What do you want to become Black, the text or the fill color? Try something like this: =NOT(OR(A3="personnel",A3="ships")) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "EEB3" wrote in message ... I have been trying to make a conditional format criteria using the "Formula is", but has not been working quite right. The formula I have is this: =NOT(ISERR(OR(SEARCH($A3,"Personnel"),SEARCH($A3," Ships")))) and it would effect the cells: =$AA$3:$AA$6027 |
Conditional Formatting - Multiple Conditions with OR()
Hold the preceding suggestion if you are looking at the more complex CF
scenario where the 2 words could be part of a text-string in the cells. I had presumed that was the case, from your original posting. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- |
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