Hi and thanks in advance,

Trying to formulate a conditional formatting formula.

I want to colour cell A1 when the following is true: Whenever there is text in B1 then C1 must equal "Completed" and whenever there is text in D1 then E1 must equal "Completed" and whenever there is text in F1 then G1 must equal "Completed".

So say if cells B1, D1 and F1 all contain text then their corresponding cells C1, E1, G1 must contain "Completed"

or say if just D1 alone contains text then the corresponding cell E1 must contain "Completed".

You seem to have two conditions here :

1) Where B, D & F contain text and their corresponding cells contain "Completed", so ALL 6 cells must be populated to trigger the conditional formatting.

2) Where just one set of the two cells needs need to be populated to trigger the conditional formatting.

Could you explain a little more of what you require?
It's easy enough to show you how, but depends on which of the above you really mean.

Try the following formula for CF in A1...

=OR(AND(LEN(B1),C1="Completed"),AND(LEN(D1),E1="Co mpleted"),AND(LEN(F1),G1="Completed"))

...where if any of the 3 cell pairss meet the criteria A1 will shade.

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Hi

Try this:

=IF(B1<"",AND(C1="Completed"))

rinse and repeat for all your other cells.

HTH
Mick.