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Conditonal formatting based on text in cell, then highlight entire row

  1. 06-05-2013, 10:57 AM #1
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    Conditonal formatting based on text in cell, then highlight entire row

    I have certain things written in my A column.

    I want to write conditional formatting to highlight an entire row if the A column contains the words '0-UNEXPECTED'

    I've tried this... but I have no idea what i'm doing.

    =AND(ISNUMBER(Search('0-UNEXPECTED',$A2)))

    Thanks!
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    Re: Conditonal formatting based on text in cell, then highlight entire row

    I think you need to just change the singe quotes to double quotes... and you don't need the AND for one condition....

    =ISNUMBER(Search("0-UNEXPECTED",$A2))

    you would select all the rows starting from row 2 and enter the conditional format above to colour the appropriate rows.
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    Re: Conditonal formatting based on text in cell, then highlight entire row

    Thanks so much!
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