Mark,

Yes, use a formula like

=NOT(ISERROR(FIND("msg",A1)))

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HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
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"Mark" wrote in message
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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?