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conditional formatting to reference an adjacent cell
Hi, most grateful if someone could help me with this. I need a conditional formula that would do the following: If A1 > 15 then B2 = -5 is this poss? thanks in advance
Only a formula entered into cell B2 is able to set the value of B2. You could have
= IF(A1>15, -5, other)
but that will prevent you entering any other values into column B. Any other values would have to be generated from the formula.
It is a bit vague.
What you can do is apply the AND() formula that will compare the both conditions and when sactisfying both will format the cell.
=AND(A1>15,
B2=-5)
- thank you so much for the quick replay. sorry if my request was unclear - what I meant was that when a value in column A reaches a certain level (eg 15) then a fixed (negative) amount (eg -5) is entered in column B one cell down.
It's a sort of cash flow account. whenever a level is reached in A then a fixed withdrawal needs to be entered in B (one cell down, ie the following day)Only a formula entered into cell B2 is able to set the value of B2. You could have
= IF(A1>15, -5, other)
but that will prevent you entering any other values into column B. Any other values would have to be generated from the formula.
