change cell background color based on other cell's background color

a1mehul

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I want to change color of a cell same as other cell color

i.e.
i want to change color of cell A1 same as D3. in which the color of d3 changes with conditional formating. with the change of color of cell D3, want to change color of cell A1 accordingly.

plz help me
 

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Use the same conditional formatting rule in A1 that you used in D3...


Sorry i think i m not clear enough. now i m providing example.

i have data in a1,a2,a3,a4....
now i m applying conditional format on a6. i.e. if a6 is nonblank than the color of a6 will change automatically.

now i actually want to change color according a6 with all the filled cells of raw a.

i.e. if a6 is blank the entire raw will change to blank (i.e. no color). and if i enter any data in a6 than entire a raw will change color according to color of a6.

i hope now i m more precise and clear.


plz help me to solve this problem
 
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Use conditional formatting with a formula condtion. Specify the condition as =ISBLANK($A1) for A1, add some visible format change and then spread this custom format over range where you need it.
 
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