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Is it possible to highlight cells from a different sheet used in a formula

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    Is it possible to highlight cells from a different sheet used in a formula

    Hello,

    Is it possible to highlight cells from a different sheet used in a formula .

    like I have 10 ,11,12,13,14,15 in cell A1 to A5 in sheet1

    on sheet2 on A1 cell I have a formula like this =Sheet1!A2+Sheet1!A3+Sheet1!A5

    So I want to highlight cells A2,A3 and A5 on sheet1

    I already tried ctrl+[(which selects just A2 on sheet1 instead of showing 3 cells)

    I also tried trace precedents on formulas tab which works but it selects cells one by one instead of selecting the 3 cells at the same time

    so is there any way to achieve this without using vba

    Thank You

    Sourav Bhattacharya

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    Re: Is it possible to highlight cells from a different sheet used in a formula

    Condtional Formatting highlights cells but not from another sheet, nor can it identify Sheet2!A1 is made up from Sheet1!A2 A3 and A5
    There is a way round highlighting cells relating to another sheet but you still have the problem of A2 A3 A5 being summed.
    Unless you can isolate those three cells somewhere it probably cant be done
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    Re: Is it possible to highlight cells from a different sheet used in a formula

    I see,thanks for the response

    let me try this using vba then....

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