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    Help with getting conditional formatting formula to ignore blank cells.

    Hi all,

    I have a conditional formatting formula applied to column F that looks like this:

    =ISERROR(MATCH(F2,Rules!$A$2:$A$8,0))

    It is designed to highlight cells that are not filled with a text value from the list on the "Rules" worksheet.

    Currently, it is highlighting every cell that is blank for obvious reasons.

    I need to adapt it so that it either:

    a) only applies at all if there is a value in the A column for that row, OR
    b) ignores the rule if the cell is blank

    Thanks in advance!
    Dan

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    Re: Help with getting conditional formatting formula to ignore blank cells.

    Epic work, it functions perfectly.

    Many thanks!

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