Highlight all the cells before you set the conditional formatting. In
the CF box select Formula Is rather than Cell Value Is and then enter
this formula:

=A1E1

Then set your format colour.

Excel will automatically apply the same condition to the other
highlighted cells.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Apr 27, 12:16*pm, Esra wrote:
I use excel 2007 and have a small table.
I wish the cells in column A to be coloured depending on the result of
the cells in column E *(A1 depending on e1 value, a2 depending on e2
value etc)

How do i 'fill' the cells down the column, using the same condition,
without the $ signs in the formula?

using simple formula, if e is d then colour, true,false but cant
drag formula coz $ sign is there and wont go away.

any help? *dont want to have to keep writing condition each row.

Esra