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EXCEL 2010 create a macro- highlight any cells with more than 30 characters in a column

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    EXCEL 2010 create a macro- highlight any cells with more than 30 characters in a column

    using EXCEL 2010 trying to creat a macro that will highlight any cells with more than 30 characters in a column.

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    Re: EXCEL 2010 create a macro- highlight any cells with more than 30 characters in a colum

    Why vba? This can be done with Conditional Formatting.
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    Re: EXCEL 2010 create a macro- highlight any cells with more than 30 characters in a colum

    Can you please explain how to so with characters and not #'s?

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    Re: EXCEL 2010 create a macro- highlight any cells with more than 30 characters in a colum

    Can you expand your question above to demonstrate explicit examples of what you mean?

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