Highlight order# in red

**GGREEN32** · 07-27-2012, 08:24 PM

Here is what I need to do: I need a macro to find order#"s that begins with W9 and highlight the entire number in red. Here is the problem. I need to search a large worksheet(about 500 rows daily) and highlight the entire words so it looks like this :" ORDER# W944287 - TRANSFER TO MPK". The number will always be 6 digits ,begin with W9 and will be located in column H. Any help will be appreciated.
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**FDibbins** · 07-27-2012, 08:31 PM

have you considered conditional formatting for this?

perhaps if you could provide a sample workbook, i could come up with something for ou?

**tlafferty** · 07-27-2012, 08:38 PM

Assuming your orders appear on a sheet named orders and that they appear in the A column starting at row 2:

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**GGREEN32** · 07-27-2012, 08:46 PM

I have attached a small sample of my worksheet and underlined the words in Column H that I am trying to highlight.
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**GGREEN32** · 07-27-2012, 10:43 PM

tlafferty
Thanks for your help, but that will not work. The text is not always located at the beginning.

**tlafferty** · 07-30-2012, 03:13 PM

Try this:

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**jindon** · 07-30-2012, 07:04 PM

Try the attached.

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**GGREEN32** · 07-30-2012, 08:32 PM

YAY! It works perfectly. Thanks for your help.

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jindon thanks so much you have saved me lots of work.

**jindon** · 07-30-2012, 08:36 PM

You are welcome.

**Cutter** · 07-30-2012, 08:43 PM

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