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bzbz994
Mar 08, 2023Copper Contributor
Conditional formatting - advanced
Hello dear Excel Community, I need to be able to copy the same formula used in a cell in a row 2 that says if there is a value in A2 then B2 cell gets highlighted. I have to repeat the same s...
- Mar 08, 2023
Hi bzbz994
I assume that you have used absolute references in your conditional formatting rule. Instead, you would need to use mixed references, that only fix the column A, but not the row to.
Example:
Martin_Weiss
Mar 08, 2023Bronze Contributor
Hi bzbz994
I assume that you have used absolute references in your conditional formatting rule. Instead, you would need to use mixed references, that only fix the column A, but not the row to.
Example:
- bzbz994Mar 08, 2023Copper ContributorThanks very much Martin, this was actually the problem, my formulas were based on $A$2 instead of $A2. It is very easy now to do what I wanted now. Have a nice day.