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Copying Conditional formatting with relative cell referencces in the formula desn't work
Hi Rob,
Quote or not quote matter - in first case you compare two strings which are always the same, thus you always have same TRUE or same FALSE, depends on which texts to compare. In second case you compare values of the cells, result depends on how you use absolute and relative references.
You may use rule like this
You may use the rule not to entire range but for the first cell in it and after that copy formatting by format painter
In this case you generate as many similar rules as many cells in your range.
Sample attached.
I got it to work. I wasn't as clear as I thought I was on relative vs absolute. Thanks.
- rbermanApr 15, 2024Copper ContributorHow about posting the solution?
- carla_dbMar 17, 2020Copper Contributor
Hi Rob, how did you manage to copy the formula and apply it to the other rows without the formula using the original cell.value as the reference?
- 100WattWalrusJun 05, 2020Copper Contributor
Sorry, but that was so long ago, I have no idea. It just had something to do with making sure my references were relative.