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    Conditional Formatting based on Text

    I used this formula in a conditional formatting to highlight/shade a row based on whether column G was greater than or less than 20:

    =ABS(N($G25))>=20

    I want to do the same thing but instead of a number I want to say if column G contains a certain text instead.

    For example if G contains the text "LOA" than the formula would be true.

    Thanks for any help.
    Last edited by avidcat; 12-31-2010 at 09:22 AM.

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    Re: Conditional Formatting based on Text

    Select Column G

    Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cell Rules.....

    Format only cells that contain >

    Cell Value > equal to >
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    Re: Conditional Formatting based on Text

    Thanks for the reply,

    That is only going to highlight that cell. I need the row that the cell is in to be highlighted as well. With the formula above it does that, but I wanted to convert it from a number format to a text format.

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    Re: Conditional Formatting based on Text

    Looks like I got it to work.

    Thanks for the help.

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