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    Conditional formatting with wildcard highlight row

    Hi guys,

    How do I specify a wildcard whereby if there is mention of the word: close (or closed) in column H, highlight the whole row where close or closed is mentioned, the row should be highlighted in green

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    R.
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    R.



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    Re: Conditional formatting with wildcard highlight row

    =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Close",$H2))
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    Re: Conditional formatting with wildcard highlight row

    You can amend your existing CF condition with this formula:

    =COUNTIF($H2,"*close*")

    Hope this helps.

    Pete

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    Re: Conditional formatting with wildcard highlight row

    thANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT GUYS, issue solved :-)

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