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Hello,
I am looking for code to highlight cells in column B based on cells in column R = "YES".
conditional formatting will not work for my specific need.
Thank you,
Hello,
I am looking for code to highlight cells in column B based on cells in column R = "YES".
conditional formatting will not work for my specific need.
Thank you,
I am sure you are right, but curious to know why you think that CF won't work for you.
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Hi phbryan, It might be helpful to know why conditional formatting will not work.
Squeaky
Hard to explain, so I've attached an example. This example sheet is sorted a particular way, and "WO #" is highlighted via CF based on column M.
However, if you change the sorting in any column, then the value in M changes as well. For example, WO73323 and WO75201 are highlighted. If you sort column B ascending, they are no longer highlighted.
Hi phbryan, when you sort, are you sorting that single column only and not the whole sheet? When I sort using the AZ arrow, I select expand and it sorts correctly. If I select the entire field and select sort, then the b column and select a-z it works.
Also, if I select the filter arrow and select sort on column B it works. If I sort B and do not select the rest of the columns it does not work.
The yes/no answers are calculated based on the information in the other cells and nothing is calculated based on the B row. So when you change the order of B without the other fields, it aligns with a different (or the same) answer in M.
Last edited by Squeaky; 09-28-2023 at 03:58 PM.
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