how to conditional format in a Word table

I can do a mail-merge but I need to be able to colour the background of cells
according to the values placed in them. No problems in Excel, but Word?

Word doesn't do conditional formatting, but you can embed an Excel sheet in
Word.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Under Pressure" Under wrote in message
...
I can do a mail-merge but I need to be able to colour the background of
cells
according to the values placed in them. No problems in Excel, but Word?

Hi 'Under Pressure',

If the values you're referring to are numbers, you could use a numeric picture switch to change the colours and other attributes of
the fonts, and the background colours for the values themselves. Not what you're asking for, but it might suit your needs. To see
how, check out my Word Field Maths 'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=365442
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
In particular, look at the item titled 'Formatting Numeric Field Results'

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Under Pressure" Under wrote in message
...
I can do a mail-merge but I need to be able to colour the background of cells
according to the values placed in them. No problems in Excel, but Word?

Suzanne

I kind of figured this out. Thanks anyway. However, I've decided to type
my template that was in Word into a spreadsheet and then write a Macro to put
the data from my spreadsheet into this spreadsheet template. Wish me luck!!

Under Pressure

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Word doesn't do conditional formatting, but you can embed an Excel sheet in
Word.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Under Pressure" Under wrote in message
...
I can do a mail-merge but I need to be able to colour the background of
cells
according to the values placed in them. No problems in Excel, but Word?

Thanks macropod

Didn't enjoy working with switches - not reall a Word specialist. However,
I am going to type my Word template out into a spreadsheet and then write a
macro to copy the data from the spreadsheet into this template. It works on
a simple test that I did - but whether it works on 300 lines of data
remains to be seen.

Cheers

Under Pressure

"macropod" wrote:

Hi 'Under Pressure',

If the values you're referring to are numbers, you could use a numeric picture switch to change the colours and other attributes of
the fonts, and the background colours for the values themselves. Not what you're asking for, but it might suit your needs. To see
how, check out my Word Field Maths 'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=365442
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
In particular, look at the item titled 'Formatting Numeric Field Results'

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
-------------------------

"Under Pressure" Under wrote in message
...
I can do a mail-merge but I need to be able to colour the background of cells
according to the values placed in them. No problems in Excel, but Word?

You can use a mail merge to put data from Excel into a Word table.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Under Pressure" wrote in message
...
Thanks macropod

Didn't enjoy working with switches - not reall a Word specialist.
However,
I am going to type my Word template out into a spreadsheet and then write
a
macro to copy the data from the spreadsheet into this template. It works
on
a simple test that I did - but whether it works on 300 lines of data
remains to be seen.

Cheers

Under Pressure

"macropod" wrote:

Hi 'Under Pressure',

If the values you're referring to are numbers, you could use a numeric
picture switch to change the colours and other attributes of
the fonts, and the background colours for the values themselves. Not what
you're asking for, but it might suit your needs. To see
how, check out my Word Field Maths 'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=365442
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
In particular, look at the item titled 'Formatting Numeric Field Results'

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
-------------------------

"Under Pressure" Under wrote in
message
...
I can do a mail-merge but I need to be able to colour the background of
cells
according to the values placed in them. No problems in Excel, but
Word?