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Conditional formatting for entire row based on data in one cell
I need all cells in a row to highlight a certain color if the data in one cell contains a specific word. What I specifically want is for an entire row to turn grey if the status cell contains th...
Hello
Assuming that D is the column containing the status cells, and you wish to apply conditional formatting to rows 1:50, here are the steps:
1. Select any cell in row 1
2. Go to 'Conditional Formatting>New Rule>Use a formula to determine which cells to format'
3. In the formula field paste =$D1="Shipped", set the required format and click 'OK'
4. Go to 'Conditional Formatting>Manage Rules' and locate the rule you have just created
5. In the field 'Applies to' paste '=$1:$50', or just select the required rows, starting from row 1, then click 'OK'.
If you type the word 'SHIPPED' in any cell of the column D (rows 1 to 50), the entire row will be conditionally formatted
Hope this helps
Yury
I think this is the proper discussion thread for my question:
I need to highlight all rows that are above a cell with a specific value. For example, cell A356 contains the unique word "total" in Column A. I need rows A1:A356 highlighted. I assume it is a simple Find function in conditional formatting for the 1st rule. But I can't figure out how to highlight the range above after it finds the word. I can't use a rule specific to highlighting from rows 1 to 356 because the word changes rows for different sheets/workbooks. I would need the 2nd rule to work as part of a script where it finds the word and highlights all rows above when the range of rows is variable... Also, it can't highlight the rows below the word, so I can't just do a full column rule.
Needs to be functional as a script in Excel 365 😞
Thanks!
I need to highlight all rows that are above a cell with a specific value. For example, cell A356 contains the unique word "total" in Column A. I need rows A1:A356 highlighted. I assume it is a simple Find function in conditional formatting for the 1st rule. But I can't figure out how to highlight the range above after it finds the word. I can't use a rule specific to highlighting from rows 1 to 356 because the word changes rows for different sheets/workbooks. I would need the 2nd rule to work as part of a script where it finds the word and highlights all rows above when the range of rows is variable... Also, it can't highlight the rows below the word, so I can't just do a full column rule.
Needs to be functional as a script in Excel 365 😞
Thanks!
Not sure I understood the logic. For such sample
formula for conditional formatting rule could be
=( ROW($C3) > ( XMATCH("start", $B$3:$B$12) + ROW($B$3) - 1 )) * ( ROW($C3) < ( XMATCH("total", $B$3:$B$12) + ROW($B$3) -1 ))Yes, that's perfect. I didn't think of setting a 'start' value cell for the upper limit, I was just trying to highlight everything above 'total,' but I can make it work with your suggestion. Many thanks!
BMayldry , you are welcome