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dappolan
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May 26, 2023
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Help with Conditional Formatting

Hi all,   I'm relatively new to the more powerful uses of excel, and I'm having difficulty with some conditional formatting I was trying to do. I'm in catering, and we have a spreadsheet that track...
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    HansVogelaar
    May 26, 2023

    dappolan 

    This is what the rule looks like:

    The 'Applies to' range starts in row 1, but the formula refers to cell I2. It should refer to the first row of the range, so it should be

     

    =$I1="Peyton"

     

    You can change this by selecting Conditional Formatting > Manage Rules... on the Home tab of the ribbon, then clicking Edit Rule...

    OK your way out when done.

    The rule then works as intended:

    (I removed all manually applied fill coloring to better demonstrate the result)

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