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Grouping cells for conditional formatting

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    Grouping cells for conditional formatting

    Is there a way to group a number of cells to be conditionally formatted based on one check box? I'm trying to create a checklist for specific documentation needed for my job. As you can see in the image, rows 4-7 are independent and easy to format. However I would like to group rows 8-11, 12-16, and 17-20, so when I check the checkbox in row 8, 12, or 17 that the group all becomes highlighted.

    Is this possible? and if so what formula would I use?

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    Re: Grouping cells for conditional formatting

    Checkboxes have a LinkedCell parameter, when a cell is entered there the value in that cell toggles between TRUE/FALSE. This is all you need to set groups of cells to watch a specific cell to add/remove color with conditional formatting.
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