I am using the following formula in a conditional format in order to highlight every other row on my spreadsheet:
=MOD(ROW(),2)=0
This works fine, however it highlights all rows whether blank or not. I don't want to highlight blank rows.
Please could someone show me how to do this?
Select the range to apply the formatting to, starting at Row1 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(ISEVEN(ROW()),A1<>"")
Format..., select choice of formatting, OK, OK.
This assumes you want to skip formatting a row if just the ColumnA cell in it is blank.
An alternative would be to stick with what you have but add another rule, giving it priority, just to test if the ColumnA cell is blank and then set "no formatting" for that.
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I have a table called promos containing 2 columns existing mechanic_code and new mechanic_code. I want to format the values in those columns accordingly if they are not equal.
I tried this
=INDIRECT("promos[existing mechanic_code]")<>INDIRECT("promos[new mechanic_code]")
in my Conditional Formatting formula but it didn't have the desired affect. It evaluated to true for all cells (i.e. coloured them all red):
Here is an example of exactly what I mean: https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjcmU60daA9VqsRFaZzng_w1gP_EWQ
I only want to highlight rows where the two columns are different.
Anyone know how to solve this?
I had to do this to make it work:-
=INDIRECT("table2[#old]")<>INDIRECT("table2[#new]")
where my column headings were just "old" & "new"
so yours should be
=INDIRECT("promos[#existing mechanic_code]")<>INDIRECT("promos[#new mechanic_code]")
But because you've put a space and an underscore in your column headers you will have to use instead:-
=INDIRECT("Promos[#[Existing Mechanic_Code]]")<>INDIRECT("Promos[#[New Mechanic_Code]]")
Please select B3:C6 and and HOME > Styles - Conditional Formatting, New Rule..., Use a formula to determine which cells to format and Format values where this formula is true::
=$B3<>$C3
Format..., select red Fill, OK, OK.
i'm newbie in excel and i have an excel sheet where i need to change the cell color if the date mentioned in the cell is becomes 15 days old and also add a status in next column as pending.Please help with this.
Assuming your dates are in ColumnA, please select that column and HOME > Styles - Conditional Formatting, New Rule..., Use a formula to determine which cells to format and Format values where this formula is true::
=TODAY()-A1>=15
Format..., select your choice of colour for formatting, OK, OK.
If the "pending" labels re then to be added in ColumnB where appropriate please put in B1 and copy down to suit:
=IF(TODAY()-A5>=15,"pending","")
You could use the pending in ColumnB to trigger the colour for ColumnA but it may be better to keep the two requirements separate. If you were to trigger via 'pending' you would still need a formula rule, rather than a "cell content" one.
Change 15 to 20 when you have decided what the interval should be. Beware that if your ColumnA values include times (even if not displayed) you cannot reliably simplify >=15 to >14.
This is the formula you might be looking for:
=IF(DAYS(TODAY(),A1)>=15,"pending",other_status_you_use)
Then you should go to
Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cell Rules > Text that Contains...
There you can type pending and change the color as you wish.
I need to sort out one macro. I have table and need to highlight a row with a color, but not the entire row, just from columns A to J when text in one of the cells in column A is longer than 4 digits-letters.
I don't want to use conditional formatting.
Can somebody please advice if it's possible?
To do so with Conditional Formatting, select ColumnsA-J then HOME > Styles - Conditional Formatting, New Rule..., Use a formula to determine which cells to format and Format values where this formula is true::
=LEN($A1)>4
Format..., select highlighting OK, OK.
I would like a cell to be color filled or formatted based on the value in the adjacent cell. For example, if cell D1= #NA then I want the font in C1 to be filled in red.I would like to compare entire range in column C and D for this. Is there any conditional formatting rules or VBA macro that can accomplish this?
To apply such a format to C3 based on the contents of D3:
Select C3
In Conditional Formatting click New Rule...
Select "Use a
formula to determine which cells to format"
For the formula enter
"=ISNA($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$1="#na" and change the format to what you would like. If you click OK and make sure this applies to C1 and stop if true is selected.
This worked for me! If you would like to use vba then let me know.
Conditional Formatting can do this. Pick the "Use a formula to determine which cells to format", enter
=7=ERROR.TYPE(D1)
Set the red fill. Now copy & apply to entire column.
I'm trying to set up a formula or rule (don't know which is the best to do this) in Excel 2010.
I have values in "D10:D80", which I parse daily from the web, in the format (￥ 15,792) and values in the same format in "O10:O80". I would like conditionally to format the entire "D" cell (to became red) if the price in the "O" column is different from the price in the corresponding row of Column "D".
Select the range you want to format (ie D10:D80 - though entire ColumnD is possible is you wish) and HOME > Styles, - Conditional Formatting, New Rule..., Use a formula to determine which cells to format, Format values where this formula is true::
=$D10<>$O10
Format... select your formatting (red), OK, OK.
Please see below image, select the first cell to format then conditional formatting.
I've added (badly draw) arrows on to the settings and the formula you need to use. this will work. after that copy the formatting down the page :)