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    Question formatting with colours and multiple sheets

    Hi all. I’m wondering if anyone could help me with some formatting that I’m trying to achieve?:

    1. I want to change the colour of any cell within a column to a specific colour (one of four or five set colours) based on the text of that cell. For example; if I type R1, R5 or R12 I want the cell to change red. If I type between Y1-Y12 I want the cell to turn yellow. This would mean there would be 48/60 different potential codes and 4/5 different potential colours per cell.
    2. I have a red, yellow, blu and green section on separate sheets each with 12 cells that will have information in. I want the text of each cell on the colour sheet to reference whichever cell is one to the right of the cell that I typed the code on the main page. For example; If I type B1 on the main page and the cell to the right of it says “piano” I want the cell in the blue section to read “piano"

    If this could be done in a way that is cross compatible on excel that would be great!!

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    Re: formatting with colours and multiple sheets

    Could you post a copy pf your file? Please include a detailed explanation of what you want to do using a few examples from your data and referring to specific cells, rows, columns and worksheets.
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    Re: formatting with colours and multiple sheets

    Hi,

    I have tried to post link but it says I'm not allowed to do that because I haven't posted enough. Also the upload feature doesn't work for me...

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    Re: formatting with colours and multiple sheets

    Perhaps you could upload a copy of your file to a free site such as www.box.com or www.dropbox.com. Once you do that, mark it for 'Sharing' and you will be given a link to the file that you can post here. Include a detailed explanation of what you would like to do using a few examples from your data and referring to specific cells, rows, columns and worksheets. If the workbook contains confidential information, you could replace it with generic data.

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