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Shade a cell but not print that color?
I've been looking for a solution to this issue forever so thank you for this info! Follow up question... what about a cell where the value that needs to be entered is $0.00? It seems if that's the case, the cell just remains highlighted no matter what. Please help if you can. Thank you!
I would try changing the conditional formatting to Rule Type “Format only cells that contain” then change the first drop down under Rule Description from “cell value” to “blanks”. That way any data entered would trigger the highlighted cell to turn white once filled. Hope this helps!
- I will try that. Thank you!
Amber-Lee Dood... This has been sooo helpful. Thank you. Now, considering I am using this for a field form, there are fields that are shaded until filled in; however, I will have many fields that do not get filled in. Is there a way to create a conditional format for fields that are not filled in (e.g., won't change the field from shaded to blank), but I still want all shading to go away upon printing/saving.
It would be acceptable if the shading did not go away when saved as an xlsm extension, but when later saved to pdf. Is that possible?
So happy for solutions. Thanks.
Pledesma012 You could use Conditional Formatting to accomplish that.
1. click on New Rule
2. Rule Type Format only cells that contain
3. Format only cells with set to Specific Text and use N/A
4. Click on Format, Then Font Tab and set color to White
OR
1. click on New Rule
2. Rule Type Use a formula to determine which cells to format
3. Enter formula =EXACT( "NA", A1 ) or =EXACT( "N/A", A1 )
4. Click on Format, Then Font Tab and set color to White
