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"Contains" in conditional formatting
Is there a way to set conditional formatting to respond when a cell contains the text "msg" somewhere in the body of text in that cell?
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"Contains" in conditional formatting
Mark,
Yes, use a formula like =NOT(ISERROR(FIND("msg",A1))) -- HTH Bob Phillips ... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "Mark" wrote in message ... Is there a way to set conditional formatting to respond when a cell contains the text "msg" somewhere in the body of text in that cell? |
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"Contains" in conditional formatting
Hi Mark
enter the following formula in the conditional format dialog =ISNUMBER(FIND("msg",$A$1)) and choose your format Frank Mark wrote: Is there a way to set conditional formatting to respond when a cell contains the text "msg" somewhere in the body of text in that cell? |
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