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Help with conditional formatting
Hi
I have set up conditional formatting in one cell but I need to copy this over to all cells in that column. Is there an easy way to do this rather than having to redo the rule in each cell?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Mrs-M
For cell A1, go to Conditional Formatting, new rule, format only cells that contain, Format only cells with: Cell Value, less than, =B1, and apply your format. Use the format painter to copy this format down through all of your cells in Column A.
For cell B1, go to Conditional Formatting, new rule, format only cells that contain, Format only cells with: Cell Value, less than, =A1, and apply your format. Use the format painter to copy this format down through all of your cells in Column B.
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- Alternately, you can select the cell with conditional formatting and double click the "Format Painter" then select any other cell that you would like to apply the conditional format to.
Hello MRS-M,
Select the cell that currently has the conditional formatting on it. In the "Home" tab, click conditional formatting and then manage rules. Under the section that says "Applies to" select all of the cells that you would like your conditional formatting to apply to.
Hope this helps!
PReagan
Hi PReagan
Thanks for the response but that didn't work. It seems to copy over just what is in that particular cell rather than the formula. I just want to be able to get excel to look at the value in the cell and see if it is less than the value in another cell and if so to turn the cells fill red. But I then need it for the rest of the columns. For example Column A1 has a number 3 in and I want to be able to turn this cell red if the number is 2 in Column B1 (less than Column A1). Then apply this to the rest of Column A. I hope that makes sense.
Select the top-left cell of the range. The use Conditional Formatting / Manage Rules and check that the range to which the formatting is applied is correct and, if necessary, edit the rule. In particular check that the cell references have the correct combination of absolute ($) and relative references.
