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    Formula display highlighted

    When I was in college there was a way to view all the cells in a formula by selecting some key or series of keys on your keyboard that would highlight the corresponding cells of a formula.

    For example, using the formula =IF(C18>C24*1.025, "Sell $5K", ""), isn't there a way to hit a key or series of keys on the keyboard when you are in the cell with this formula and then all the corresponding cells in that formula (C18 and C24) will get highlighted?

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    Re: Formula display highlighted

    I don't know what effect this will have but try to select a cell with a formula in it and press F2.
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    Re: Formula display highlighted

    Ctrl-[ (that's Ctrl-open-square-bracket)
    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387013,00.asp

    but later versions of excel 2013 and 2016 already does that if you click in the formula bar also while editing - shows different colours
    not sure if 2010 di
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    Re: Formula display highlighted

    F2 did the trick. I knew it was something simple. Thanks

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