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    Highlight blank column in large spread sheet

    Dear all expert,

    I have large spread sheet in which multiple cell contain data and the rest are empty, in this scenario i want to highlight all the empty column.I have header all over the column. your help will be required.

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    Re: Highlight blank column in large spread sheet

    Try Conditional formatting using a formula like this

    =A$2:A$13=""

    I set CF in one column first then use format painter to copy it across the number of columns

    change the 2 and the 13 to set the range for the rows you want included in each column
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    Re: Highlight blank column in large spread sheet

    Bro it wont work on the column which contain text. please help

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    Re: Highlight blank column in large spread sheet

    Quote Originally Posted by adeelShah View Post
    Bro it wont work on the column which contain text. please help
    As far as I understood you didn't want formatting on columns that contained any text. So you should only see the formatting you applied in columns where they are blank. Maybe best to post a copy of your workbook showing how you want it to look

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    Re: Highlight blank column in large spread sheet

    Hi Adeel,
    You may consider posting a sample of your workbook with expected output (manually), you will get more quicker and targeted response.

    I guess, you can use the simple CF formula;
    supposed your data starts with A2, select your range, and apply the following CF formula:

    =LEN(A2)=0
    This will highlight the cells which are empty, or having formula resulted "" null strings.

    If you want to highlight the entire range (supposed A2:A11), first select the range and try the following:
    =COUNTIF(A$2:A$11,"")>0
    This will highlight the entire column range if there are 1 or more blank(s).

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