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cannot delete contitional formatting
I have applied several conditional formats and had some conflicting results.
At this point, I would like to delete all conditional formatting and start over. When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. It is a huge sheet, so I would like a way to identify and remove it all at once. It almost seems that the "go to" method of highlighting is picking additional cells that were not formatted..... thanks in advance for any help, Robert |
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Hi!
When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. The reason no settings show up when you select multilpe cells is because there are probably different settings for some of the cells. EditGo To (or F5 as a shortcut) does work. I keep the Clear Formatting toolbar button on one of my toolbars to quicky remove *ALL* formats. It removes all formats, not just conditional formatting. Biff "Robert" wrote in message ... I have applied several conditional formats and had some conflicting results. At this point, I would like to delete all conditional formatting and start over. When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. It is a huge sheet, so I would like a way to identify and remove it all at once. It almost seems that the "go to" method of highlighting is picking additional cells that were not formatted..... thanks in advance for any help, Robert |
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Biff, thanks for the response. Do you know if there any way or maybe a macro
that would go cell to cell and clear conditional only? It will create a lot of work to clear all formatting. thanks, R. "Biff" wrote: Hi! When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. The reason no settings show up when you select multilpe cells is because there are probably different settings for some of the cells. EditGo To (or F5 as a shortcut) does work. I keep the Clear Formatting toolbar button on one of my toolbars to quicky remove *ALL* formats. It removes all formats, not just conditional formatting. Biff "Robert" wrote in message ... I have applied several conditional formats and had some conflicting results. At this point, I would like to delete all conditional formatting and start over. When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. It is a huge sheet, so I would like a way to identify and remove it all at once. It almost seems that the "go to" method of highlighting is picking additional cells that were not formatted..... thanks in advance for any help, Robert |
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Hi!
Just do as you tried initially: Hit function key F5SpecialConditional FormatsOK With those cells selected goto FormatConditional Formatting Click the Delete button Tick all the condition checkboxes OK out Even though no settings may appear this will still clear all the conditional formatting of the selected cells. Biff "Robert" wrote in message ... Biff, thanks for the response. Do you know if there any way or maybe a macro that would go cell to cell and clear conditional only? It will create a lot of work to clear all formatting. thanks, R. "Biff" wrote: Hi! When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. The reason no settings show up when you select multilpe cells is because there are probably different settings for some of the cells. EditGo To (or F5 as a shortcut) does work. I keep the Clear Formatting toolbar button on one of my toolbars to quicky remove *ALL* formats. It removes all formats, not just conditional formatting. Biff "Robert" wrote in message ... I have applied several conditional formats and had some conflicting results. At this point, I would like to delete all conditional formatting and start over. When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. It is a huge sheet, so I would like a way to identify and remove it all at once. It almost seems that the "go to" method of highlighting is picking additional cells that were not formatted..... thanks in advance for any help, Robert |
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Robert
This works for me. CTRL + a to select all cells. FormatCFDeleteCondition1 and 2 and 3 if needed. Will clear CF only, not other formatting. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:01:03 -0700, Robert wrote: Biff, thanks for the response. Do you know if there any way or maybe a macro that would go cell to cell and clear conditional only? It will create a lot of work to clear all formatting. thanks, R. "Biff" wrote: Hi! When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. The reason no settings show up when you select multilpe cells is because there are probably different settings for some of the cells. EditGo To (or F5 as a shortcut) does work. I keep the Clear Formatting toolbar button on one of my toolbars to quicky remove *ALL* formats. It removes all formats, not just conditional formatting. Biff "Robert" wrote in message ... I have applied several conditional formats and had some conflicting results. At this point, I would like to delete all conditional formatting and start over. When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. It is a huge sheet, so I would like a way to identify and remove it all at once. It almost seems that the "go to" method of highlighting is picking additional cells that were not formatted..... thanks in advance for any help, Robert |
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This appears to have worked, thank you!. I was misled because I didn't see
the formatting and therefore thought I couldn't delete it as you said. I thought about trying this earlier but thought......nah.....couldn't be.....:) so I guess this qualifies as an "Excel secret"! thanks again, Robert "Biff" wrote: Hi! Just do as you tried initially: Hit function key F5SpecialConditional FormatsOK With those cells selected goto FormatConditional Formatting Click the Delete button Tick all the condition checkboxes OK out Even though no settings may appear this will still clear all the conditional formatting of the selected cells. Biff "Robert" wrote in message ... Biff, thanks for the response. Do you know if there any way or maybe a macro that would go cell to cell and clear conditional only? It will create a lot of work to clear all formatting. thanks, R. "Biff" wrote: Hi! When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. The reason no settings show up when you select multilpe cells is because there are probably different settings for some of the cells. EditGo To (or F5 as a shortcut) does work. I keep the Clear Formatting toolbar button on one of my toolbars to quicky remove *ALL* formats. It removes all formats, not just conditional formatting. Biff "Robert" wrote in message ... I have applied several conditional formats and had some conflicting results. At this point, I would like to delete all conditional formatting and start over. When I go to edit go to conditional formatting to highlight all or same formatting, then go to format conditional formatting, it is blank. It does show my previous conditional formatting settings if I only select one cell of the sheet that I know that it was applied to, so it is there. It is a huge sheet, so I would like a way to identify and remove it all at once. It almost seems that the "go to" method of highlighting is picking additional cells that were not formatted..... thanks in advance for any help, Robert |
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