Conditional Formatting on cells beginning with a hyphen

Is it possible to do conditional formatting on cells beginning with a
hyphen?


Thanks,

Greg

1. Place the cursor in A1 cell and select the Range
2. From menu FormatConditional Formatting
3. For Condition1Select 'Formula Is' and paste the below formula
=LEFT(A1,1)="-"
4. Click Format ButtonFontColor select your desired font & Background
Color pattern and then give ok

Change the cell reference of A1 to your desired cell, if required.

But keep in mind that when applying the conditional formatting the Active
cell should be in the cell on which the formula is referred.

For Example if you want to apply the conditional formatting for C Column
when the formula is referring the C2 cell then place the cursor in C2 cell
and select the whole C Column by pressing Cntrl+Spacebar and apply the below
formula.
=LEFT(C2,1)="-"

If this post helps, Click Yes!

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"Greg Lovern" wrote:

Is it possible to do conditional formatting on cells beginning with a
hyphen?


Thanks,

Greg
.

Hi Greg,

In my tests I have two possibilities.

Idea one:

Select the cells to be formatted.
Then FormatConditional formatCell value isLess
than0FormatPatterns'select a color'OK out.

Idea two:

Select the cells to be formatted.
Then FormatConditional formatFormula
is=IF(LEFT(B1,1)="-",2)FormatPatterns'select a color'OK out.

HTH
Regards,
Howard

"Greg Lovern" wrote in message
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Is it possible to do conditional formatting on cells beginning with a
hyphen?


Thanks,

Greg

On Nov 16, 12:02*am, Ms-Exl-Learner wrote:
3. For Condition1Select 'Formula Is' and paste the below formula
=LEFT(A1,1)="-"
But keep in mind that when applying the conditional formatting the Active
cell should be in the cell on which the formula is referred.

Thanks! :-)

Greg