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Roger Dance
Aug 08, 2017Copper Contributor
Copying Conditional formatting with relative cell referencces in the formula desn't work
I have a cell H19 conditionally formatted "Format values where this formula is true" with: ="h19>$C$19" and then the colour green When I copying the cell with Format Painter to cells H20 to H90, the...
AaronWalker
Oct 01, 2020Copper Contributor
| BUDGET - C | ACTUAL - D |
| 454 | 454 |
| 258 | 258 |
| 159 | 155 |
| 357 | 357 |
| 654 | 654 |
Two Rules: formulas
=D11:D15<>C11:C15 Red
=D11:D15=C11:C15 Green
Applies to: =D11:D15<>C11:C15 same in both rules
SergeiBaklan
Oct 01, 2020Diamond Contributor
- SergeiBaklanOct 01, 2020Diamond Contributor
Yes, but first one could have side effect in some situations
- AaronWalkerOct 01, 2020Copper Contributor
Yes, looks like both methods will work provided that the first row of data is selected in the current section. All good! Thanks for sharing.
- SergeiBaklanOct 01, 2020Diamond Contributor
- AaronWalkerOct 01, 2020Copper Contributor
What you are showing in your reply will not work. However, the format I presented works for me in my workbook which was attached. Since I am new to this, I am not sure you see it. Anyway, good luck.