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    Cool how can I use conditional formatting with multiple text criteria ?

    Hello !

    I am trying to use conditional formatting with multiple text criteria. All the cells of my table include different words in this format : "XXX; YYY; VVV, WWW".
    I would like, with one conditional formatting formula, to be able to highlight the cells containing "XXX" and "YYY", that are amongst the other words, in all the cells of one column, but I can't really find a formula to do it.

    For example, the word "acanthe" needs to be found in the 3 cells : "Acanthe", "Acanthe à feuilles molles" and "Acanthe épineuse".

    I here attach an example of a table, in wish to search for the words "Abutilon, Acanthe, Achillée, Aconit, Adonis, Ail, Alchémille, Anémone" amongst the cells of column "C".

    Do you think you could help me ?
    Thanks a lot++


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    Re: how can I use conditional formatting with multiple text criteria ?

    Not sure, but is this what you wanted??

    =SUMPRODUCT(--(NOT(ISERR(SEARCH($A$1:$A$8,$C1)))))>0

    It highlights cells with any of the values in A1 to A8 contained within...
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    Re: how can I use conditional formatting with multiple text criteria ?

    If so... will the number of search terms ALWAYS be 8? If not, a tweak is needed.

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    Re: how can I use conditional formatting with multiple text criteria ?

    Formula for CF:

    =COUNT(SEARCH($A$1:$A$8,C1))

    Or:

    =SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(C1,"*"&$A$1:$A$8&"*"))
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    Re: how can I use conditional formatting with multiple text criteria ?

    With a Named Range (called Range), CTRL-F3 to view/edit:
    =gènes!$A$1:INDEX(gènes!$A:$A,MATCH("Zzzz",gènes!$A:$A))

    the CF formula becomes:
    =SUMPRODUCT(--(NOT(ISERR(SEARCH(Range,$C1)))))>0

    and will adjust automatically to include any number of values in column A.
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    Re: how can I use conditional formatting with multiple text criteria ?

    It works perfectly, thank you very much !!!

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    Re: how can I use conditional formatting with multiple text criteria ?

    You're welcome.



    It would be very nice if you were to just click the Add Reputation button at the foot of any of the posts of members who helped you reach a solution.

    Finally, if that takes care of your original question, please select "Thread Tools" from the menu link (just above the first post in the thread) and mark this thread as SOLVED.

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