Control decimal places used for conditional formating

[RANDY LIPOSKY]

I am attempting to use conditional formating to provide obvious accept/reject messages for dimensional inspections being conducted. If the inspection data is within the measurement tolerance, the conditional format will display the value in green and if the value is out of the measurement tolerance, the conditional format will display the value in red.

I have a 3 decimal place measurement requirement. I am using a formula that averages 4 measurements that are taken to determine the acceptablity of the dimension. I then round the average to 3 decimal places to display the value.

Conditional formating however apparently uses all existing decimal places when it evaluates the value in that cell. As a result, a number displayed as 3 decimal places and when averaged is within the limit, displays as value in red or "rejected".

Example: Upper Limit: 3.420
Average of 4 Dimensions: 3.4201
Rounded to 3 decimal places: 3.420 (within tolerance)
Conditional format displays the 3.420 in red indicating it is out of limit. Obviously it is not using the rounded value.

I believe this is caused by the lack of rounding by the conditional formating. In other words, it appears conditional formating uses all available decimal places to determine the value of the averaged number and sees the value as out of the tolerance. In the cell containing the value, I have tried using the Round and Fixed formats in the formulas with no sucess.

Any ideas how to control conditional formating to use only 3 decimal places?

[Olly]

Use conditional formatting formula:

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Adjust cell reference, value etc. to suit.

[RANDY LIPOSKY]

Thanks. Got it to work.

[arlu1201]

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[RANDY LIPOSKY]

Thanks for the assistance. I am new to this forum and do not know the rules or proper form. For the record, I was able to resolve the problem on my own. The advice I received, albeit appropriate for the 1 cell that contained that limit, did not resolve it for the larger spreadsheet.