Use conditional formatting with equation is:

=AND((LEN(A1)=8),(LEFT(A1,6)="PD10/ "))

This will be true if the first 6 characters match your pattern and the total
length is 8 characters (which covers your ** condition)
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Gary's Student


"Nikki" wrote:

I want to format a row to change background color if a cell in the row says
PD10/ 05. But it won't always say 05- how can I make a generic for that in
an equation.
I tried "pd10/ **" but it didn't like that. Is there a way to do this?
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Thanks,
Nikki