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Conditional Formatting

ResolvedVersion 2007
Edited on Tue 29 Mar 2011, 15:06

Paul has attended:
Excel Advanced course

Conditional Formatting

I am looking to format a cell colour (B2) if a different cell (A2)contains the word "International". The entry in A2 is based on several possible entries, of which there are 3 varieties that contain the word "International": "Junior International", "U23 International" or "Senior International".

=OR($H1="Junior International",$H1="U23 International",$H1="Senior International")

I have tried usign the above formula to solve this but for some reason the "Senior International" one doesnt't work - works fine for the other two.

Any ideas why this is happening?


Many thanks

RE: Conditional Formatting

Hi Paul,

Thank you for your question.

If you create a new rule using 'Formula is' and type the following:

=SEARCH("international",D6)

Replace D6 with the appropriate cell.

This should be the equivalent to contains International.

Regards

Simon

Tue 5 Apr 2011: Automatically marked as resolved.

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