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Conditional Formatting Partial
- Apr 19, 2025
Using your example:
Select A2:A29 (or however far down you want).
A2 should be the active cell in the selection.
Create a conditional formatting rule with formula=AND(A2<>"", OR(LEFT(A2, 3)=$D$2:$D$1000))
Select D2:D29 (or however far down you want).
D2 should be the active cell in the selection.
Create a conditional formatting rule with formula=AND($D2<>"", COUNTIF($A$2:$A$1000, $D2&"*"))
When I try that, it works correctly - at least, it appears that way to me:
What am I missing?
Was super tired and was putting in wrong info got it to work 😂 Your formula was correct and works.
What would be the formula if I wanted the stuff on the right to highlight with the same colors? (Whatever is in column D:G on your example)
- HansVogelaarApr 20, 2025MVP
How do you want to color abc in D2 if there is an entry "abc123 yes ma'am" in column A but also an entry "abc456 no sir" ?