Formula to automatically add text to one field if information is in another

[Airlea]

Hello!

I'm fairly new to the concept of creating formulas for excel and to be honest I don't know where to start with this one.

Hopefully the attached example will help. What I'm looking for is a way to automatically put a check mark into the first tab sheet cell if information has been entered into the corresponding cell on another tab in the same workbook. I don't know if this is even possible....

Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!

[martindwilson]

also you are new to this forum,
hi and welcome
but you can attach sample workbook here
pictures mean nothing!

[Hang Glider]

Airlea

you might try this:

where you want the checkmark -

=IF(ISBLANK(cell you're checking on other sheet or tab),"","ü")

the umlaut U is created with alt and 129 ---then format those cells with the "wingdings" font and you'll get a checkmark.

[martindwilson]

easiest way for checkmark is martlett font lower case a or b

[Airlea]

Thank you for the quick responses everyone The formula worked and I'm tweaking the spreadsheet now.

Thanks again! Very much appreciated.

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