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    Conditional Formt IF cell contains formula with specific text

    Hi all I have hit a weird challenge.
    I need to format cells that contain a formula that contain a "[Device Log Book.xlsx]" without the quotes

    So I solved the first problem where i can conditonal format cells that contain a formula, i used this guide i found off of bing: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip045.htm

    It works awesome, but now i need to test the contents of the formula. Please help.

    Thanks

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    Re: Conditional Formt IF cell contains formula with specific text

    Seperate post because this is another question:
    On further though, actually this is what I initally tested. I create a conditional format to search cells if it contains specfic text of "[Device Log Book.xlsx]" BUT that seems to look at the value of formulas no the formula text . Does anyone know how to make this search formulas as well?
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    Re: Conditional Formt IF cell contains formula with specific text

    try defining a name eg myname
    =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("[Book7]",GET.CELL(6,INDIRECT("RC[0]",FALSE))))
    then use cf as =myname
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    Re: Conditional Formt IF cell contains formula with specific text

    Quote Originally Posted by martindwilson View Post
    try defining a name eg myname
    =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("[Book7]",GET.CELL(6,INDIRECT("RC[0]",FALSE))))
    then use cf as =myname
    Thanks martin that worked perfect! Thanks so much I struggled with this a lot before I posted and then you replied so fast! Thanks!!

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