Changing background color based on different cell

I want the background color of cell A1 to change dependant upon whether anything has been entered into cell B1. How would I go about doing this? Thanks in advance!

Use Conditional Formatting with "Formula is": =$B$1<>"" (rather than
"Cell value is")

Regards

Trevor


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> anything has been entered into cell B1. How would I go about doing
> this? Thanks in advance!
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djarcadian wrote:
> I want the background color of cell A1 to change dependant upon whether
> anything has been entered into cell B1. How would I go about doing
> this? Thanks in advance!
>
>
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Select the cell A1 then Select: FORMAT...CONDITIONAL
FORMATTING...Select "Formula Is" from the dropdown to the left and
enter the following formula in the entry area to the right:
=$B$1<>""
Now depress the FORMAT button and choose the background color of your
choice and you should be set.

Thanks guys! Worked perfectly!