Conditional formatting Dilema

I am trying to highlite W3 when W3= (the letter H) and AA3 is blank. AA3 has the following formula:

Please Login or Register  to view this content.

With W3 selected, click on Condtional Formatting | New Rule | Use a formula... , then put this formula in the dialogue box which pops up:

=AND(LEFT(W3)="H",AA3="")

Click on the Format button | Fill tab and choose your colour, then OK your way out.

Hope this helps.

Pete

I tried it but no luck. How about if 'W' = (letter H) and 'AB' is blank then format 'AB' to red fill?

Going off of post #3, you can do this:

Highlight AB2:AB100 (or however far your data can go) > Conditional Formatting > New Rule > Use a formula
=AND(W2="H",AB2="")
Format: Fill red > OK > OK

If you can't get that to work, I recommend uploading a small representative sample of your data along with the desired results (which you can enter manually) based on that data.

To upload an Excel workbook, follow these steps:
1) Click on "Go Advanced"
2) Click on "Manage Attachments"
3) Click on "Choose File"
4) Choose your file and click on "Open"
5) Click on "Upload"
6) Click on "Close this window"