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Tonya Troxtell
Feb 05, 2018Copper Contributor
Conditional format based on formula results - Marlett font
Good Morning
I am using the following formula and would like to format the results based on the results of the formula.
=IF(C2<'2-1'!B2,"u",IF(C2>'2-1'!B2,"t","v"))
When shown in Marlett font, the "u", "t", and "v" show in arrows and I need to format based on the result of the arrow. The goal is for the arrow cell to show a certain color.
Alternatively you may use built-in into conditional formatting arrows icons set using formula for rules (and show icons only if desired)
- Tonya TroxtellCopper ContributorThanks! I did not know that was a feature.
It works but with some tricks if you'd like to compare column-to-column. Icons sets works directly only with absolute reference, the workaround is to use OFFSET like
=OFFSET($D$3,ROW()-ROW($D$3),0)
for that data
apply it only to first cell
and when Format Painter on entire column.
- Willy LauSteel Contributor
Hi Tonya Troxtell, you don't need to base on the result of the arrow. You just need three conditional formatting rule on the arrow cells to base on your formula
- for u
=$C2<'2-1'!$B2
- for t
=$C2>'2-1'!$B2
- for v
=$C2='2-1'!$B2
- Tonya TroxtellCopper ContributorWill this formula work for the entire column or just the cell?
- for u