Changing colour of text when text reaches certain length

[hammo]

Can anyone tell me how I can change the colour of the text in a cell once the text in that cell reaches a certain length, say 80 characters long

[Yogi Anand]

On 2002-05-09 18:38, hammo wrote:
Can anyone tell me how I can change the colour of the text in a cell once the text in that cell reaches a certain length, say 80 characters long

How about going with Conditional Formatting with Formula is
=len(a1)>=80 ... FONT Color --> 'red'

This will format the color of the text red if the text you have entered is more than 80 characters. It is not going to capture the length of the string as the text is being typed -- for that you may have to adopt DATA|VALIDATION.

Hope This Helps!

[PaddyD]

Use conditional formatting & the LEN function:

select the cell(s) you want to format. Go to format - conditional formatting. Change 'cell value is' to 'formula is'. Enter the appropriate formula, for example:
=len(A1) > 80
Click the format button & select the format you want to apply....

Paddy

[hammo]

Thanks Yogi & Paddy,

Is it possible to do this real time (ie the moment the string they are typeing exceeds 80 chars rather than when they exit the cell?

[Yogi Anand]

On 2002-05-09 20:24, hammo wrote:
Thanks Yogi & Paddy,

Is it possible to do this real time (ie the moment the string they are typeing exceeds 80 chars rather than when they exit the cell?

In my opinion, practically speaking you can combine it with DATA|VALIDATION to permit a string of maximum number of characters -- and after the dtring has been entered, you would know whther it is more than 80 characters.

For real time capture of the length of the string, you will have to use VBA.

Regards!