How to change one cell fill color based on the text of the previous cell.
I know that I need to use conditional formatting along with using a formula to determine which cell to format, but I just can't figure out what formula to use.
Depends on the condition, you can use Conditional Formatting on the Home Tab and set a rule
under Use a formula to determine which cells to format there you can specify if for example =A1>5 Format it to Fill Green then select to what cells you want this rule to be applied.
You can find more information here: How to create rules with Conditional Formatting.
I want to apply a conditional formatting (CF) rule to a group of cells to individually colour them if their individual cell values are greater than a threshold (in this case >=5). To illustrate:
The top row shows how I want the bottom row to look. For the bottom row I cannot figure out how correctly format according to cell-specific formulae.
The problem is identifying a way to specify cell-specific CF formulas in a single operation for a group of cells - as you can by pasting/dragging normal cell formulas. I obviously don't want to have to manually specify the formula for each cell!
Grateful for assistance.
Select the rows or columns or range that you want to conditional format,
Enter the below formula in the formula bar in conditional format and choose a fill color,
=AND(A1>=5,ISNUMBER(A1))
If you are starting in row3, change the A1 to A3. The $ that you have in the formula makes it absolute. It should be relative.
You just select all required cells to format. Then go to conditional formatting.
Check what is the cell shown just before the formula bar (the single cell that represents the selected range, also called default cell) and use that cell in your formula without absolute reference. like B3>=5 or R3>=5
Is there a way we can apply conditional formatting to individual cells within excel to ensure that if it contains data, it will be formatted?
For example, if data is added to any cell, that cell alone will be highlighted in yellow.
you can use conditional formatting with "No Blanks"
it will give you desired result
I would like a cell to be color filled or formatted based on the value in the adjacent cell. For example, if cell D1= #NA then I want the font in C1 to be filled in red.I would like to compare entire range in column C and D for this. Is there any conditional formatting rules or VBA macro that can accomplish this?
To apply such a format to C3 based on the contents of D3:
Select C3
In Conditional Formatting click New Rule...
Select "Use a
formula to determine which cells to format"
For the formula enter
"=ISNA($D$3)"
Click the Format button to set up the format that gets
applied when the previous formula returns TRUE
Hope that helps
Very simply select the range you want in column C and just make a conditional format using an equation and use
=$D1=""
and change the format text color to what ever you want.
Conditional formatting would be easiest way to do this.
If under conditional formatting you select new rule and then "use a formula to determine which cells to format". A formula such as =$D$1="#na" and change the format to what you would like. If you click OK and make sure this applies to C1 and stop if true is selected.
This worked for me! If you would like to use vba then let me know.
Conditional Formatting can do this. Pick the "Use a formula to determine which cells to format", enter
=7=ERROR.TYPE(D1)
Set the red fill. Now copy & apply to entire column.
I am trying to implement the following logic but my formulas are not encompassing all possibilities.
Am I able to accomplish the following using the approach outlined below?
C5 has a start date(yy/mm/dd), 2013-10-01.
D5 has an end date(yy/mm/dd),2013-10-23.
F3->CX2 has 7 cells merged with the monday's date in the cell.
Example: F3: 30-Sep-13, M3: 07-Oct-13, T3: 14-Oct-13.
F4->CX4 and below are the unmerged seven cells, therefore you have seven cells below each week cell.
My goal is to use Conditional Formatting when cell has value TRUE to fill the background colour of each individual cell between the start and the end date. However I am having trouble determining the correct formula. I have tried the following in F4 and across and below but none have proven to work for all scenario's:
F4=AND(C5=F3, D5>=F3) F5=AND(C5=(F3+1), D5>=(F3+1))...
only fills the cell for the start date not all the cells between the start and end date.
In short, I need to identify the start cell and fill it, continue filling all cells until the end date.
Should this be a macro with a while loop?
***I Believe I have solved my question with the following formula:
=IF(AND((F3)>=$C$5,(F3)<=$D$5),TRUE,FALSE), =IF(AND((F3+1)>=$C$5,(F3+1)<=$D$5),TRUE,FALSE), =IF(AND((F3+2)>=$C$5,(F3+2)<=$D$5),TRUE,FALSE)...Then after 7 cells it becomes: =IF(AND((M3+1)>=$C$5,(M3+1)<=$D$5),TRUE,FALSE), =IF(AND((M3+1)>=$C$5,(M3+1)<=$D$5),TRUE,FALSE)
Should this be a macro with a while loop?
It seems it does not have to be, though that depends upon my interpretation of your question, which seems odd if only because the conditions are not in the rows for which they trigger the formatting.
Select the applicable range starting in F4 and HOME > Styles - Conditional Formatting, New Rule..., Use a formula to determine which cells to format and Format values where this formula is true::
=AND($F$3+COLUMN()-6>=$C5,$F$3+COLUMN()-6<=$D5)
Format..., select choice of formatting, OK, OK.
Here's a stepwise view on the problem as I see it:
Set up your data and include the actual date of your "weekly view" as part of the sheet:
Add conditional formatting to a single cell (say, Monday of Week 1) that applies to "a formula to determine which cells to format":
Copy-and-Paste-formats to the remainder of the cells:
The result should resemble:
Change the actual cell formatting to "" to remove the date from view:
The removes the capability to insert any content in the cells (but that wasn't part of the question). If you want to insert content and maintain colouring, you can base the conditional formatting on a similar-sized/shaped layout elsewhere in the sheet and format it accordingly. For example, the following layout provides this yet allows you to enter content in the conditionally formatted area:
Use the formula conditions. I put a start date in A1, and an end date in A2. Modify as needed per your requirements.
Then I will apply conditional formatting to values in range E1:E6. Again, modify as per your requirements.
Then simply use Highlight cells Rules > Between
Then, select your start/end values and press OK. Voila!