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conditional formatting based on content of another cell
Select the cells that you want to format conditionally. If more than one, the top left cell should be the active cell in the selection. Note the address of this cell.
On the Home tab of the ribbon. select Conditional Formatting > New Rule...
Select 'Use a formula to determine which cells to format'.
Enter a formula that evaluates to TRUE (or a non-zero number) if the rule should be applied, and to FALSE (or 0) otherwise.
In your example, let's say A2 is the active cell in the selection.
Use the following formula:
=B2<>""
Click Format...
Activate the Fill tab.
Specify the desired color (green in your example).
Click OK, then click OK again.
That sounds doable. Could you attach a small sample workbook demonstrating the problem (without sensitive data), or if that is not possible, make it available through OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or similar?
HansVogelaar I can't find where/how to attach an example? (Can't send through OneDrive.)
See the attached version.
I did three things:
- I created a Worksheet_Change event procedure in the worksheet module to update columns C to F when a cell in A6:A10 is changed.
- As a result, I had to save the workbook as a macro-enabled workbook (*.xlsm).
- I expanded the 'Applies to' range of the conditional formatting rules to column F.
Click on my user picture, and send me a private message - you should be able to attach a file there.