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Yes it can. Instead of 'cell value is' in the CF dropdown, use 'formula is'.
The formula would be something like =(A1=C1) if you wanted to format A1
conditionally on it being equal to C1, for example.
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Bruce, Thanks alot, I was not putting parenthesize around the formula. it
works great

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Yes it can. Instead of 'cell value is' in the CF dropdown, use 'formula is'.
The formula would be something like =(A1=C1) if you wanted to format A1
conditionally on it being equal to C1, for example.
--Bruce

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Can Excel conditional formatting be done by comparing the value in one cell
to the value in another cell value

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