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Conditional Formulas for Changing Cell Color



 
 
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Old October 6th, 2008, 07:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
mw2222
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Default Conditional Formulas for Changing Cell Color

I would like to set up a formula so that if someone types "x" into cell A10,
then the background color changes in cell A1. Can anyone help?
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Old October 6th, 2008, 07:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
John C[_2_]
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Default Conditional Formulas for Changing Cell Color

Click in cell A1, go to menu Format|Conditional Formatting, change drop down
to Formula:
=A10="x"
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John C


"mw2222" wrote:

I would like to set up a formula so that if someone types "x" into cell A10,
then the background color changes in cell A1. Can anyone help?

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Old October 6th, 2008, 08:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
mw2222
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Default Conditional Formulas for Changing Cell Color

John C,

It worked! Thank you so much!

"John C" wrote:

Click in cell A1, go to menu Format|Conditional Formatting, change drop down
to Formula:
=A10="x"
--
John C


"mw2222" wrote:

I would like to set up a formula so that if someone types "x" into cell A10,
then the background color changes in cell A1. Can anyone help?

 




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