Conditional formatting a cell on another cells output, which is a formula

HankJ

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Hello

I would like to format a cell, with warning colours, when another cell displays " Unusual pattern on plate 8. Please Check"

The formula is the active cell is:

=IF(AND(BX207<400,N17<>"")," Unusual pattern on plate 8. Please Check","")

In N17 I would to format the text Bold Red if " Unusual pattern on plate 8. Please Check" appears in O29.

My attempt:
="O29= Unusual pattern on plate 8. Please Check"

as a formula does not appear to work.

Many thanks

Hankj
 

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Did you try moving your quotes to this =O29=" Unusual pattern on plate 8. Please Check"

Also, you know that there is a space before Unusual right?
 
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