I can't get relative references working in a conditional formatting formula
in Excel 2003. Can someone help me with this? I'm sure it must be something
simpe I'm missing.

Here's what I want to do:
- Apply a conditional format to a large area of a spreadsheet to show when
the cell in the column to the left of each cell has a higher numeric value
- I'd also like to have the ability to insert columns and have them inherit
the same conditional formatting. If i have to do this by painting, that's
fine.

Here are the formulas I've tried so far:
=OR(C[-1]C[0])
=OR(RC[-1]RC[0])
=OR(R[0]C[-1]R[0]C[0])

All of these give me an error message saying the formula is incorrect.

Thanks for your help.

You don't need the OR function if you're not trying to combine more than 1
condition.
=OR(A1B1) is the same as =A1B1

Select the range you want to format.
If your active cell is B1, the condition to put under "Formula Is" in CF is
=A1B1
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David Biddulph

"Don E" <Don wrote in message
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I can't get relative references working in a conditional formatting formula
in Excel 2003. Can someone help me with this? I'm sure it must be
something
simpe I'm missing.

Here's what I want to do:
- Apply a conditional format to a large area of a spreadsheet to show when
the cell in the column to the left of each cell has a higher numeric value
- I'd also like to have the ability to insert columns and have them
inherit
the same conditional formatting. If i have to do this by painting, that's
fine.

Here are the formulas I've tried so far:
=OR(C[-1]C[0])
=OR(RC[-1]RC[0])
=OR(R[0]C[-1]R[0]C[0])

All of these give me an error message saying the formula is incorrect.

Thanks for your help.