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Conditional cell color
I have created a calendar within Excel and would like to accomplish the
following: Whenever I enter text (any text) into a cell, I would like for the cell background to change to the color RED. Whenever the cell is empty, I would like for it to remain a default color of GREEN. Is this possible? If so, how do I accomplish this? Thanks in advance! |
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Conditional cell color
You will need to make two conditions within the Conditional Format box and
have both set to "Formula Is". Then place the following in its appropriate box next to FORMULA IS: 1) =AND(A1="") Format to GREEN 2) =AND(A1"") Format to RED Obviously adjust the cell reference as needed. Les "Brent" wrote: I have created a calendar within Excel and would like to accomplish the following: Whenever I enter text (any text) into a cell, I would like for the cell background to change to the color RED. Whenever the cell is empty, I would like for it to remain a default color of GREEN. Is this possible? If so, how do I accomplish this? Thanks in advance! |
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Conditional cell color
format desired cells as green
then formatconditionalformatleft window select formula is=istext(a2)format as desired use format painter to copy -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Brent" wrote in message ... I have created a calendar within Excel and would like to accomplish the following: Whenever I enter text (any text) into a cell, I would like for the cell background to change to the color RED. Whenever the cell is empty, I would like for it to remain a default color of GREEN. Is this possible? If so, how do I accomplish this? Thanks in advance! |
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Hi Brent
Set you default colour as Green. Then, Mark the range of cells you require FormatConditional Formatting select Formula is from dropdown =ISTEXT(A1) FormatFill colourRed where A1 represents the first cell in the range you have marked -- Regards Roger Govier "Brent" wrote in message ... I have created a calendar within Excel and would like to accomplish the following: Whenever I enter text (any text) into a cell, I would like for the cell background to change to the color RED. Whenever the cell is empty, I would like for it to remain a default color of GREEN. Is this possible? If so, how do I accomplish this? Thanks in advance! |
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Conditional cell color
This seems to work for the GREEN condition, however when I test this by
inserting text into a cell range, ALL conditioned cells switch to white - even the cells where I have not entered text. I double checked the formatting I made in the Conditional Format box, and everything is color coded properly (font & background), in terms of my desired outcome. "WLMPilot" wrote: You will need to make two conditions within the Conditional Format box and have both set to "Formula Is". Then place the following in its appropriate box next to FORMULA IS: 1) =AND(A1="") Format to GREEN 2) =AND(A1"") Format to RED Obviously adjust the cell reference as needed. Les "Brent" wrote: I have created a calendar within Excel and would like to accomplish the following: Whenever I enter text (any text) into a cell, I would like for the cell background to change to the color RED. Whenever the cell is empty, I would like for it to remain a default color of GREEN. Is this possible? If so, how do I accomplish this? Thanks in advance! |
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Conditional cell color
Don / Roger -
thank you! Your suggestions seemed to be what I was looking for. I sensed there was a term/phrase I was needing to complete th elogic - in this case it was 'ISTEXT'. Regards! "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Brent Set you default colour as Green. Then, Mark the range of cells you require FormatConditional Formatting select Formula is from dropdown =ISTEXT(A1) FormatFill colourRed where A1 represents the first cell in the range you have marked -- Regards Roger Govier "Brent" wrote in message ... I have created a calendar within Excel and would like to accomplish the following: Whenever I enter text (any text) into a cell, I would like for the cell background to change to the color RED. Whenever the cell is empty, I would like for it to remain a default color of GREEN. Is this possible? If so, how do I accomplish this? Thanks in advance! |
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Conditional formatting
Format, conditional formatting is where you want to be. Highlight the entire column you want this to affect. If cell is equal to "Yes" then...here you choose how you want your text and background to look. You can have up to 3 conditions.
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