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Hi all,
Is there a way color a cell red if the the text is "Z" or a number between 0.5 and 10
Or if the cell contains a "Z" or a "C"
Hi all,
Is there a way color a cell red if the the text is "Z" or a number between 0.5 and 10
Or if the cell contains a "Z" or a "C"
Last edited by Jonathan78; 09-10-2009 at 01:29 PM.
The conditional formatting formula you want is:
=OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Z",A1)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("C",A1)),AND(A1>=0.5,A1<=10))
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Wow, this is awesome JBeaucaire.
There is one problem though some cells got text's like CN or CA etc.
Your code also colors these cells red, while I only need those cells to color red that contains only the letter "C"
Any suggestion?
In Excel, the word "contains" is usually indicating you want to find a string WITHIN a string. Since you said "contains", I used the SEARCH() command.
Since you mean the the value equals "Z" or "C", that's much simpler, yes?
=OR(A1="Z", A1="C", AND(A1>=0.5, A1<=10))
Last edited by JBeaucaire; 09-10-2009 at 06:32 AM.
I don't get it working JBeaucaire...?
Post up the sheet with your attempted implementation of the formula, make sure it's obvious where I should look at the work.
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Hello JB,
I attached an example of what I am working on.
Look at the conditional formatting of cell E8 on sheet2
Try this:
=OR(E8="Z", E8="C", AND(E8>=0.5, E8<=10))
This also doesn´t work.
Did you try it yourself on my sheet?
I copied that formula out of the CF for your sheet in cell E8. It appears to work fine.
Please explain your conclusion that it is not working.
I got it working now JB, thanks to you
You have been a real help, thank you
My pleasure. Glad to help.
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I am trying to do this as well, and while the formula does work, it is a finite reference to a cell. What can I do if I want to apply this formatting to a range of cells?
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