Conditional Formatting and ISBLANK
 

I can not figure out how to do this...is it possible?

I am trying to use conditional formatting to color a cell if it is blank.
Then, when filled with a number it changes to white, including a 0. I need
the 0 to show if it is input.

When I try to get it to work with the Isblank statement, it changes the
blank cell to white, even though there is not data in there. I know it is
because it is reading a zero, but I can't figure out how to get past it...

What formulae are you using?

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"Amanda" wrote in message
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I can not figure out how to do this...is it possible?

I am trying to use conditional formatting to color a cell if it is blank.
Then, when filled with a number it changes to white, including a 0. I
need
the 0 to show if it is input.

When I try to get it to work with the Isblank statement, it changes the
blank cell to white, even though there is not data in there. I know it is
because it is reading a zero, but I can't figure out how to get past it...

instead of using isblank use formula is =A1=""

"Amanda" wrote:

I can not figure out how to do this...is it possible?

I am trying to use conditional formatting to color a cell if it is blank.
Then, when filled with a number it changes to white, including a 0. I need
the 0 to show if it is input.

When I try to get it to work with the Isblank statement, it changes the
blank cell to white, even though there is not data in there. I know it is
because it is reading a zero, but I can't figure out how to get past it...

Perhaps tinker with this:

Select col A

Click Format Conditional Formatting
For Condition 1, set it as:
Formula Is: =AND(A1<"",ISNUMBER(A1))
Format Patterns tab Light brown? OK
Click OK at the main dialog

Test it out by entering into col A: some numbers, including zero, some text
as well, etc. The CF will trigger only if the cell contains something and
that something is a number. Text (including text numbers entered with a
preceding apostrophe) should *not* activate the CF.

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"Amanda" wrote in message
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I can not figure out how to do this...is it possible?

I am trying to use conditional formatting to color a cell if it is blank.
Then, when filled with a number it changes to white, including a 0. I
need
the 0 to show if it is input.

When I try to get it to work with the Isblank statement, it changes the
blank cell to white, even though there is not data in there. I know it is
because it is reading a zero, but I can't figure out how to get past it...