Conditional formating??

[airfrm]

Is there a way create one rule that looks for several different words or do I have to make a rule for each word I am looking for. For example, in column B, any cell than has the word fix, comp, jc, duplicate line, fom, fix phase I would like them all to be filled with green but leave the rest as normal. Can I do this with one rule and how would I write that? thank you

 

[etaf]

you could use a countif() + countif() + countif()

or a lookup table somewhere and again a countif() using a list within a list

what version of excel are you using

A SMALL sample spreadsheet, around 10-20 rows, would help a lot here, with all sensitive data removed, and expected results mocked up and manually entered, with a few notes of explanation.

This will possibly enable a quicker and more accurate solution for you.

MrExcel has a tool called “XL2BB” that lets you post samples of your data and will allow us to copy/paste your sample data into our Excel spreadsheets, saving a lot of time.

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You can also test to see if it works ok, in the "Test Here" forum.

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OR if you cannot get XL2BB to work, or have restrictions on your PC

then put the sample spreadsheet onto a share

I only tend to goto OneDrive, Dropbox or google docs , as I'm never certain of other random share sites and possible virus.
Please make sure you have a representative data sample and also that the data has been desensitised, remember this site is open to anyone with internet access to see - so any sensitive / personal data should be removed

Make sure you set any share or google to share to everyone

 

[etaf]

Book1
	A	B	C	D	E	F
1						fix
2		fix				comp
3		fred				jc
4		comp				duplicate line
5		john				fom
6		jimmy				fix phase
7		jc
8		1
9		2
10		duplicate line
11		3
12		4
13		5
14		fom
15		1
16		2
17		fix phase
18
Sheet1

Cells with Conditional Formatting
Cell	Condition		Cell Format	Stop If True
B2:B19	Expression	=COUNTIF($F$1:$F$6,$B2)>0	text	NO

for 2007, 2010 , 2013 , 2016 , 2019 or 365 Subscription excel version
Conditional Formatting

Highlight applicable range >>
B2:B100 - Change, reduce or extend the rows to meet your data range of rows

Home Tab >> Styles >> Conditional Formatting
New Rule >> Use a formula to determine which cells to format
Edit the Rule Description: Format values where this formula is true:
=COUNTIF($F$1:$F$6,$B2)>0

Format [Number, Font, Border, Fill]
choose the format you would like to apply when the condition is true
OK >> OK