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Old June 4th, 2010, 03:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
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Default hightlight cells

i need to hightlight a cell when i have one birthday in my list
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Old June 4th, 2010, 03:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
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Default hightlight cells

Suppose you have the list of birthdays as a named range ...and with dates in
Column D. Select Column D..and apply the conditional form

1. Select the dates are in Range (say D110). Please note that the cell
reference D1 mentioned in the formula is the active cell in the selection.
Active cell will have a white background even after selection
2. From menu FormatConditional Formatting
3. For Condition1Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula

'if you have a named range 'birthdays'
=COUNTIF(birthdays,D1)

OR

'if the birthdays are mentioned in the same sheet say J1:J10 then try
=COUNTIF($J$1:$J$10,D1)

4. Click Format ButtonPattern and select your color (say Red)
5. Hit OK

PS: If you are using XL2007 Goto Home tabStylesConditional
FormattingManage rulesNew ruleUse a formula to determine which cells to
format. Enter the formula in the box below.



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i need to hightlight a cell when i have one birthday in my list

 




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