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    Conditional formating based on specific text in string in another cell

    Hi, Thanks in advance for ur help guys.
    I am facing a problem fr\or which i am unable to find a solution. I ve some text in column A and some amount in column C. What i require excel to do is if any cell in column A has "Total" in its text string, the corresponding cell in column C should go BOLD. i.e if A3 has a value of "Maths Total", the contents of cell C3 should become bold automatically. Help me plz. Thanx.

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    Re: Conditional formating based on specific text in string in another cell

    mraheelgujjar

    Try this

    =NOT(ISERROR(SEARCH("Total",a3,1)))

    The condition format should be on cell C#

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    Re: Conditional formating based on specific text in string in another cell

    Try this

    Formula is:=
    =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Total",$A3,1))

    Applies to:=
    =$C$3:$C$10

    Format.......
    Font > Bold

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    Re: Conditional formating based on specific text in string in another cell

    it on cell C3

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    Re: Conditional formating based on specific text in string in another cell

    Thanks loads...Great help in such a short time.

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