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What type of formula do you need to use so that it doesnt come into effect
until a given cell has a wriiten value in it?

ie, for numbers you could do" if A10 then .......
i need something that'll define text, "If A1= "Text", then ....

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Try
=If(A1<"", ...

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What type of formula do you need to use so that it doesnt come into effect
until a given cell has a wriiten value in it?

ie, for numbers you could do" if A10 then .......
i need something that'll define text, "If A1= "Text", then ....

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Maybe

=IF(A1="MyText",execute my formula,do nothing)

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What type of formula do you need to use so that it doesnt come into effect
until a given cell has a wriiten value in it?

ie, for numbers you could do" if A10 then .......
i need something that'll define text, "If A1= "Text", then ....

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Maybe you meant: =IF(ISTEXT(A1), ...

although your post sounds like: =if(A1="Text", ...
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"Euan Ritchie" wrote:
What type of formula do you need to use so that it doesnt come into effect
until a given cell has a wriiten value in it?

ie, for numbers you could do" if A10 then .......
i need something that'll define text, "If A1= "Text", then ....

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