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Changing colour of cells based on odd or even times text is shows up in column
Hi All, I'm trying to build an Attendance list for a job site. Employees will need to be scanned in and out each time they pass through the gate using a QR scanner which will list there name on ...
Let's say you want top apply this to B2:C1000.
Select this range. The active cell in the selection should be in row 2 (i.e. either B2 or C2).
On the Home tab of the ribbon, click Conditional Formatting > New Rule...
Select 'Use a formula to determine which cells to format'.
Enter the formula
=AND($B2<>"", ISODD(COUNTIF($B$2:$B$1000, $B2)))
Click Format...
Activate the Fill tab.
Select green.
Click OK, then click OK again.
Repeat these steps, but with the formula
=AND($B2<>"", ISEVEN(COUNTIF($B$2:$B$1000, $B2)))
and red as color.
Thanks mate works great! Cheers.
