Conditional Formatting or Macro to format font

aka_krakur

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I have a column in a spreadsheet (Column F) for this example. And I want to conditionally format only a portion of the text inside this column based on if cell contains text "1069 - xxxxx" then to format only that text 1069 - up until the next semi colon (if possible...if not at least just the 1069 -.

I've tried using the conditional format feature; but that doesn't have a if cell "contains" ability.
Then I tried using the Find/Replace. But for some reason that formats the entire contents of the cell if it finds 1069 (example below shows how using find/replace changes all the font to red, when I am only wanting the 1069 - red.)
MDR Reportability Query.xls
FGHI
1ACTUAL_DEV_CODE_DESCENTRY_DATEACTUAL_DEVICE_CODE_LOCACTUAL_DEV_CLARIF
2X100-NoMalfunctionIdentified;X100-NoMalfunctionIdentified;1069-BreakageofDevice;X100-NoMalfunctionIdentified;X100-N/A;X100-N/A;1069-N/A;X100-N/A;X100-N/A;X100-N/A;1069-Handle;X100-N/A;
32203-Other(usewhenanothercodecannotbeidentified);X100-NoMalfunctionIdentified;1059-Bend;1069-BreakageofDevice;1339-Kink;2203-Other(usewhenanothercodecannotbeidentified);2203-N/A;X100-N/A;1059-N/A;1069-N/A;1339-Lumen;2203-N/A;2203-N/A;X100-N/A;1059-ProximalEnd;1069-Handle;1339-Shaft;2203-N/A;
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Excel Facts

Format cells as date
Select range and press Ctrl+Shift+3 to format cells as date. (Shift 3 is the # sign which sort of looks like a small calendar).
Have a look at this thread. It isn't exactly on point, but it is close.

To apply multiple formats within a cell you have to change the format of the characters in the cell, not the cell altogether. In your case you would have to search for the required text string, as well as the next semi-colon, then use those values to determine the start position and length of the text for which you wish to change the format.

Let us know how it works out.
 
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