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Conditional Formatting not working

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Conditional Formatting not working

I have this formula in a Conditional fomat rule ="$C2<42". I have this applying to $A$2:$C$61, where the C column contains various numbers between 0 and 48. I have the format set to fill Red and font yellow

What happens? Nothing. No row is formatted. The same happens if I apply the rule to just the C column.

Help!

RE: Conditional Formatting not working

Hi Richard,

Thank you for the forum question.

Select the range A2:C61 in the worksheet and type the formula =$C2<42 in the box "Format values where this formula is true".

You are very close as you can see but never use double quotes, if you want Excel to understand values.


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RE: Conditional Formatting not working

Thanks Jens, that worked just fine. I think I was confused as the system kept put quotes around what was after the '=' sign.

Wed 8 Mar 2017: Automatically marked as resolved.

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