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Conditional Formating - Enter text into 6 cells to turn text colour black

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    Conditional Formating - Enter text into 6 cells to turn text colour black

    i have a sheet that uses a condition format in the cell of A3 of below:

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    What happens is, when text is populated into these cells it turns the text in A3 black.

    What i was hoping for is that the section of (D, E and F) can be (D, E and F or G, H and I) and the text in cell A will turn black

    Is this possable?
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    Re: Conditional Formating - Enter text into 6 cells to turn text colour black

    Use this formula: =COUNTA(B1:J1)>0

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    Re: Conditional Formating - Enter text into 6 cells to turn text colour black

    If I understand it correctly, you want that when either cells B1,C1,D1,E1,F1,J1 or B1,C1,G1,H1,I1,J1 are populated then the text should change color. If that is the case, try this

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    Please let me know if it helps

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    Re: Conditional Formating - Enter text into 6 cells to turn text colour black

    Thats is brilliant, exactly what i was looking for

    Thanks for your help

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