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I'm trying to set formatting with a function, and not with conditional
formatting.

=IF(A10,A1,B1)

What I want

=IF(A10,A1 [font on bold blue],B1 [font in black])

I realize that this could be done with Conditional Formatting, but the
actual function is significantly more complex.

Any solutions or "Can't be done" are welcome.
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Conditional formatting, manual formatting, or VBA code are your 3 choices.
Formulas alone cannot set formatting attributes.

Oh, there is a 4th choice: using color codes in your numeric formatting
strings, e.g. [red]

"Chris T-M" wrote:

I'm trying to set formatting with a function, and not with conditional
formatting.

=IF(A10,A1,B1)

What I want

=IF(A10,A1 [font on bold blue],B1 [font in black])

I realize that this could be done with Conditional Formatting, but the
actual function is significantly more complex.

Any solutions or "Can't be done" are welcome.

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Default set formatting without using Conditional Formatting

I'm not sure what you mean by
"...using color codes in your numeric formatting strings, e.g. [red]"
Would you provide a simple code example?


"Duke Carey" wrote:

Conditional formatting, manual formatting, or VBA code are your 3 choices.
Formulas alone cannot set formatting attributes.

Oh, there is a 4th choice: using color codes in your numeric formatting
strings, e.g. [red]

"Chris T-M" wrote:

I'm trying to set formatting with a function, and not with conditional
formatting.

=IF(A10,A1,B1)

What I want

=IF(A10,A1 [font on bold blue],B1 [font in black])

I realize that this could be done with Conditional Formatting, but the
actual function is significantly more complex.

Any solutions or "Can't be done" are welcome.

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Default set formatting without using Conditional Formatting

See John McGimpsey's site for custom formatting up to 6 colors.

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/conditional6.html


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

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I'm not sure what you mean by
"...using color codes in your numeric formatting strings, e.g. [red]"
Would you provide a simple code example?


"Duke Carey" wrote:

Conditional formatting, manual formatting, or VBA code are your 3 choices.
Formulas alone cannot set formatting attributes.

Oh, there is a 4th choice: using color codes in your numeric formatting
strings, e.g. [red]

"Chris T-M" wrote:

I'm trying to set formatting with a function, and not with conditional
formatting.

=IF(A10,A1,B1)

What I want

=IF(A10,A1 [font on bold blue],B1 [font in black])

I realize that this could be done with Conditional Formatting, but the
actual function is significantly more complex.

Any solutions or "Can't be done" are welcome.


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Default set formatting without using Conditional Formatting

Oh, there is a 4th choice: using color codes in your numeric formatting
strings, e.g. [red]


I thought that didn't work? I could swear I've tried before, and
failed.


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