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Check 3 cells, only one of the cells my be filled
I have 3 cells called "overtime" Traveltime"and "Servicetime"
Those cells are in a single row. I am looking for a way so that only ONE of those cells are allowed to be filled with the letter "J". So only one cell i allowed. When already a cell is filled, the a message must be poped up like "already one value entered, only one value is allowed". I hope somebody can help me out here!! thanks |
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Check 3 cells, only one of the cells my be filled
Conditional FormattingFormula is:
=COUNTIF($A$1:$C$1,"J")=1 Edit the error message to suit. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:36:01 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: I have 3 cells called "overtime" Traveltime"and "Servicetime" Those cells are in a single row. I am looking for a way so that only ONE of those cells are allowed to be filled with the letter "J". So only one cell i allowed. When already a cell is filled, the a message must be poped up like "already one value entered, only one value is allowed". I hope somebody can help me out here!! thanks |
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Check 3 cells, only one of the cells my be filled
thanks for the quick response.
I The thing is .. I am not an Excel "gooroe". How can u use this formula and if the condition is true...,how can i generate a popup for the user and another question is..i have about 40 rows that i have to use this code for..how do I use it then thanks again cheers Peter "Gord Dibben" wrote: Conditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A$1:$C$1,"J")=1 Edit the error message to suit. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:36:01 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: I have 3 cells called "overtime" Traveltime"and "Servicetime" Those cells are in a single row. I am looking for a way so that only ONE of those cells are allowed to be filled with the letter "J". So only one cell i allowed. When already a cell is filled, the a message must be poped up like "already one value entered, only one value is allowed". I hope somebody can help me out here!! thanks |
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Check 3 cells, only one of the cells my be filled
Or...how can i prevent that the other cells are filled
"Gord Dibben" wrote: Conditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A$1:$C$1,"J")=1 Edit the error message to suit. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:36:01 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: I have 3 cells called "overtime" Traveltime"and "Servicetime" Those cells are in a single row. I am looking for a way so that only ONE of those cells are allowed to be filled with the letter "J". So only one cell i allowed. When already a cell is filled, the a message must be poped up like "already one value entered, only one value is allowed". I hope somebody can help me out here!! thanks |
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You don't have to be an Excel guru to do this.
Select A1:C40 and enter this formula in FormatConditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A1:$C1,"J")=1 Note the change in $ signs which makes the row reference relative. If any of the cells in each row of columns A:C has a "J" then users will be prevented from entering another "J" in that row. Gord On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:13:02 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: thanks for the quick response. I The thing is .. I am not an Excel "gooroe". How can u use this formula and if the condition is true...,how can i generate a popup for the user and another question is..i have about 40 rows that i have to use this code for..how do I use it then thanks again cheers Peter "Gord Dibben" wrote: Conditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A$1:$C$1,"J")=1 Edit the error message to suit. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:36:01 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: I have 3 cells called "overtime" Traveltime"and "Servicetime" Those cells are in a single row. I am looking for a way so that only ONE of those cells are allowed to be filled with the letter "J". So only one cell i allowed. When already a cell is filled, the a message must be poped up like "already one value entered, only one value is allowed". I hope somebody can help me out here!! thanks |
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Check 3 cells, only one of the cells my be filled
Thanks again ,
I tried this but i am still able to fill te cells with "j". I did exactly what you did..is this maybe a excel 2007 issue? cheers "Gord Dibben" wrote: You don't have to be an Excel guru to do this. Select A1:C40 and enter this formula in FormatConditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A1:$C1,"J")=1 Note the change in $ signs which makes the row reference relative. If any of the cells in each row of columns A:C has a "J" then users will be prevented from entering another "J" in that row. Gord On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:13:02 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: thanks for the quick response. I The thing is .. I am not an Excel "gooroe". How can u use this formula and if the condition is true...,how can i generate a popup for the user and another question is..i have about 40 rows that i have to use this code for..how do I use it then thanks again cheers Peter "Gord Dibben" wrote: Conditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A$1:$C$1,"J")=1 Edit the error message to suit. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:36:01 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: I have 3 cells called "overtime" Traveltime"and "Servicetime" Those cells are in a single row. I am looking for a way so that only ONE of those cells are allowed to be filled with the letter "J". So only one cell i allowed. When already a cell is filled, the a message must be poped up like "already one value entered, only one value is allowed". I hope somebody can help me out here!! thanks |
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Oh crap............slaps forehead and starts again<g
Sorry for the problems I have caused you with my inattention. I gave you the the wrong function. DataValidationCustom Enter =COUNTIF($A1:$C1,"J")=1 Gord On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:53:01 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: Thanks again , I tried this but i am still able to fill te cells with "j". I did exactly what you did..is this maybe a excel 2007 issue? cheers "Gord Dibben" wrote: You don't have to be an Excel guru to do this. Select A1:C40 and enter this formula in FormatConditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A1:$C1,"J")=1 Note the change in $ signs which makes the row reference relative. If any of the cells in each row of columns A:C has a "J" then users will be prevented from entering another "J" in that row. Gord On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:13:02 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: thanks for the quick response. I The thing is .. I am not an Excel "gooroe". How can u use this formula and if the condition is true...,how can i generate a popup for the user and another question is..i have about 40 rows that i have to use this code for..how do I use it then thanks again cheers Peter "Gord Dibben" wrote: Conditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A$1:$C$1,"J")=1 Edit the error message to suit. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:36:01 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: I have 3 cells called "overtime" Traveltime"and "Servicetime" Those cells are in a single row. I am looking for a way so that only ONE of those cells are allowed to be filled with the letter "J". So only one cell i allowed. When already a cell is filled, the a message must be poped up like "already one value entered, only one value is allowed". I hope somebody can help me out here!! thanks |
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Hi Gord,
Thanks..i just figured out too and run in the solution..thanks again for your support. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Oh crap............slaps forehead and starts again<g Sorry for the problems I have caused you with my inattention. I gave you the the wrong function. DataValidationCustom Enter =COUNTIF($A1:$C1,"J")=1 Gord On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:53:01 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: Thanks again , I tried this but i am still able to fill te cells with "j". I did exactly what you did..is this maybe a excel 2007 issue? cheers "Gord Dibben" wrote: You don't have to be an Excel guru to do this. Select A1:C40 and enter this formula in FormatConditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A1:$C1,"J")=1 Note the change in $ signs which makes the row reference relative. If any of the cells in each row of columns A:C has a "J" then users will be prevented from entering another "J" in that row. Gord On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:13:02 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: thanks for the quick response. I The thing is .. I am not an Excel "gooroe". How can u use this formula and if the condition is true...,how can i generate a popup for the user and another question is..i have about 40 rows that i have to use this code for..how do I use it then thanks again cheers Peter "Gord Dibben" wrote: Conditional FormattingFormula is: =COUNTIF($A$1:$C$1,"J")=1 Edit the error message to suit. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:36:01 -0700, Peter Jonkers wrote: I have 3 cells called "overtime" Traveltime"and "Servicetime" Those cells are in a single row. I am looking for a way so that only ONE of those cells are allowed to be filled with the letter "J". So only one cell i allowed. When already a cell is filled, the a message must be poped up like "already one value entered, only one value is allowed". I hope somebody can help me out here!! thanks |
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