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    Conditional Formatting based on cells in multiple sheets

    Good Morning,

    I have a question about how to highlight cells dependent on what has been entered into multiple sheets.

    im using a spreadsheet for multiple people to track what tickets they have sold, we have 3 people mary, matt and joe. they enter the ticket numbers in their own sheets in column A. in sheet1 i want to have all the possible numbers of tickets, lets say 100 to 500, i then want to highlight each of these numbers depending on which number has been entered into any of the other sheets.

    So if Mary sells tickets 100 and 101 and matt sells 102 and 103, i want the relevant numbers on sheet 1 to highlight green for Mary and Blue for Matt for example.

    I did have this working previously in office 2010, but once i sent it to someone else the rules were removed and now i cant remember how i did it, or find the websites i used to create the formulas.

    I would be grateful for the help or any suggestions of better ways to do what i need to do.

    Thanks,

    Matt

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    Re: Conditional Formatting based on cells in multiple sheets

    you could use a countif( sheet1!range, cell ) >0
    and change the colour for each sheet

    so if the sheet is mary and the numbers start in row 2 column A on mary sheet
    and the numbers start at row2 on the main sheet

    =COUNTIF( mary!A2:A500, A2) >0

    repeat for the other sheets and other colours

    for 2007 or 2010 excel version
    Conditional Formatting

    Highlight applicable range >>
    Range on main sheet you want to colour

    Home Tab >> Styles >> Conditional Formatting
    New Rule >> Use a formula to determine which cells to format
    Edit the Rule Description: Format values where this formula is true:

    =COUNTIF( mary!A2:A500, A2) >0

    Format… [Number, Font, Border, Fill] format for Mary fill colour Green
    choose the format you would like to apply when the condition is true
    OK >> OK
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