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Drop Down Values & Change Cell Color

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    Drop Down Values & Change Cell Color

    In a drop down cell A1 contains two values, Blue & Red. If the drop down is selected Blue I'd like the following cells A3,A4,A6 to be the color blue. The same if the drop down would be selected Red. Is there a formula I can use in cell A1 to do so?

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    Re: Drop Down Values & Change Cell Color

    You need to use Conditional formatting.

    Select Cells B3, B4 and B6

    Select the Home Tab and Then Conditional Formatting.

    Select New Rule and then use Formula

    use this Formula
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    and then select format and select fill and then Blue.


    Repeat all the above replacing Blue with Red.
    Last edited by mehmetcik; 11-16-2016 at 04:02 PM.
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    Re: Drop Down Values & Change Cell Color

    Thanks this is great
    Last edited by yuenk; 11-16-2016 at 05:57 PM.

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