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    Changing Formatting on a cell for a limited time

    Hi, I'm not sure how this could be done though i'm pretty sure its going to require some VBA instead of conditional formatting.

    I would like cell B2 to have background colour red for 10 seconds after cell A1 is edited. So every time A1 is edited B2 will change colour for 10 seconds and then back to original formating.

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    something similar to this i think is needed.

    Many Thanks

    Ashley
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    Re: Changing Formatting on a cell for a limited time

    You will need to use an Ontime macro, you might be able to adapt this code.
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    Re: Changing Formatting on a cell for a limited time

    Hum, i'm afraid my knowledge of excel VBA isnt this advanced. Please can you hold my hand and help me through this.

    How do i get it to run when cell b2 is edited?

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    Re: Changing Formatting on a cell for a limited time

    Here's some code to try
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    Re: Changing Formatting on a cell for a limited time

    AH!! Thank you so much roy, though i do feel bad for being so little help in finding this solution.

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