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    Hi.
    I have a process managing tool that spits out a bunch of data. Among other tasks, one is to dig deeper into the different processes that for some reason take longer than others to complete. So, I'd like to use excel to find the odd processes in a huge set by coloring those lines in red (or whatever).
    I've cut a small piece of the column containing some of the entries to give an example.

    22 min 50 sec
    44 min 24 sec
    18 min 10 sec
    31 min 51 sec
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    1 min 22 sec
    14 min 43 sec
    12 min 27 sec
    15 min
    14 min 45 sec

    In this case I'd preferably like to be able to write a formula and in it set the maximum deviation from average to 10 minutes and color those cells red. I've tried a bunch of formulas but fail as I come across the cells that doesn't match, like row 5 and 6 and 9.
    Please help.
    Thank You.

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    Re: Text to average time?

    Hi
    please see yellow banner to attach a sheet

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    Re: Text to average time?

    Unfortunately, I can't attach the whole sheet. It is very big and contains sensitive data. I've added the cut-out to represent the column that I want to process.
    Thanx.

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    Re: Text to average time?

    This is the same example in a file.
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    Re: Text to average time?

    not entirely sure I follow what you're trying to do but the below would calculate the Average time:

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    you would then need to apply similar logic in your Conditional Formula to convert each text string to Time - to compare with the above Average

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    Re: Text to average time?

    Wow - that works like a charm... although is there a way to make the last row as a parameter (A10 in the example) with COUNTA for example... since I never know how many rows the systems spits out... and it can be a lot...

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    Re: Text to average time?

    yes, you can use something like:

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    that will work from A1 to last entry in Col A

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