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    Conditional Formatting - highlight a row based on one cell value

    Hi All,

    thanks in advance for help with the following:

    I have a spreadsheet with 10 columns of data. I currently have a conditional formatting rule where if value in Column A is HIGH PRIORITY, column A is highlighted in Red. However, I'd like to expand the rule so that if Column A = HIGH PRIORITY, the row (columns A - J) is Highlighted in Red.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Tom

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    Re: Conditional Formatting - highlight a row based on one cell value

    Hi Tom, welcome to the forum.

    So if I understand you correctly, you want to highlight A1:J1 if A1 is "HIGH PRIORITY". And you want to highlight A3:J3 if A3 is "HIGH PRIORITY", etc.?

    If so, select your full range, e.g. A1:J100, then set the conditional formatting rule to:

    =$A1="HIGH PRIORITY"

    The row number will properly adjust for the condition of each row, but the column will stay the same (A).

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    Re: Conditional Formatting - highlight a row based on one cell value

    Expand your formatting rule so that the "Applies To" range are all the columns you want included, and use $A instead of A in your formula.
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    Re: Conditional Formatting - highlight a row based on one cell value

    Highlight all the cells that you need to refer to the 'high priority' entry (e.g. A1), and in the conditional formatting enter
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    , then set the formatting.

    If you're doing this for multiple rows, try
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    Re: Conditional Formatting - highlight a row based on one cell value

    Thank you all for the help - got the formatting to work perfectly.

    I'm sure I will soon be posting my latest problem (unless I can somehow solve it soon). Until then...

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    Re: Conditional Formatting - highlight a row based on one cell value

    Anyone got any advice on this one for excel 2000?

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    Re: Conditional Formatting - highlight a row based on one cell value

    doogle117,

    Unfortunately you need to post your question in a new thread, it's against the forum rules to post a question in the thread of another user. If you create your own thread, any advice will be tailored to your situation so you should include a description of what you've done and are trying to do. Also, if you feel that this thread is particularly relevant to what you are trying to do, you can surely include a link to it in your new thread.
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