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Conditional Formatting

ResolvedVersion 2013

Ibijoke has attended:
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Conditional Formatting

Hi,

I am trying to make an entire row go green when good practice is inserted into a particular column.

I have typed =$H8="Good Practice" and chosen the colour green but nothing happens.

what am I doing wrong please?

RE: Conditional Formatting

Hi Ibijoke

Thanks for your question

You're almost there, I imagine it's just a problem with the area that you're selecting before adding a conditional formatting rule. Give this a go:

1) Select the first row of the data you want to format (it looks like this could be row 8 on your sheet)

2) Add conditional formatting as above (=$H8="Good Practice")

3) Select the Format Painter from the Home ribbon and use this to copy the conditional formatting to the rest of your data

This should then format each row based on the text in each cell in column H.

Let me know if you have any further problems.

Kind Regards,

Sarah
Excel Trainer

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RE: Conditional Formatting

Thank you. It worked

Excel tip:

Change the Default Width of All Columns in Excel 2010

If you want to change the width of the columns in your Excel 2010 spreadsheet, making them either larger or smaller, here's how:

In the Cells group on the Home tab, click Format.

Hover over the section called Cell Size and a drop down list will appear, select Default Width from this list.

In the Standard Width dialog box, enter the size you want to set as the default width and click OK.

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