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Cell Reference confusion
I am trying to apply a conditional formatting rule that would return a true
if the cell immediately to the left does not have a value exactly 1 less than the value of "this cell." My problem is that I can't find a function or reference operator for "this cell" when applied to an entire column. ie- A B C 1 2 5 6 True 3 12 13 True 4 6 5 False 5 7 9 False Conditional formatting applied to column B. I looked at offset, but I need an absolute cell reference to offset from, and I don't have that. Thanks in advance |
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Cell Reference confusion
Highlight the cells B2 to the last required cell in Column B then enter the
Conditional Formatting formula: =A2=B2-1 And apply the format of your choice. -- HTH Sandy In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland and the crowning place of kings Replace @mailinator.com with @tiscali.co.uk "Justin Larson" <Justin wrote in message ... I am trying to apply a conditional formatting rule that would return a true if the cell immediately to the left does not have a value exactly 1 less than the value of "this cell." My problem is that I can't find a function or reference operator for "this cell" when applied to an entire column. ie- A B C 1 2 5 6 True 3 12 13 True 4 6 5 False 5 7 9 False Conditional formatting applied to column B. I looked at offset, but I need an absolute cell reference to offset from, and I don't have that. Thanks in advance |
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Cell Reference confusion
There is not conditioning option dependent on a cell other than itself.
However you can use an IF Funtion to set the cells value. =IF(A2=1,"False","True") The above funtion will return a value of false if and only if A2 equals 1, Else value is set to False There for if the Target cell does not equal exactly 1, the response is true. "Justin Larson" wrote: I am trying to apply a conditional formatting rule that would return a true if the cell immediately to the left does not have a value exactly 1 less than the value of "this cell." My problem is that I can't find a function or reference operator for "this cell" when applied to an entire column. ie- A B C 1 2 5 6 True 3 12 13 True 4 6 5 False 5 7 9 False Conditional formatting applied to column B. I looked at offset, but I need an absolute cell reference to offset from, and I don't have that. Thanks in advance |
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