conditional formatting

[tanny81]

Hi,

I am hoping somebody can help with the following. Essentially i want to use conditional formatting to highlight text where the cell value begins IE. If anybody could point me in the right direction with this it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[NBVC]

Select your range

Go to Format|Conditional Formatting

Choose Formula is from 1st drop down

enter =Left(A1,2)="IE" (where A1 is the top left-most cell in your selected range)

Click Format and choose your color scheme

Click Ok

Click Ok.

 

[jimrward]

firstly select the first cell you wish to apply this formatting to, select conditional formatting and select for condition 1 "formula is" and type the following assuming cell A1,

=LEFT(A3,2)="IE"

then select the formatting you require

you can then use the format painter, paint brush icon to apply this to other cells, select say A1, double click on brush, then apply to all other cells, and click on brush when finished

 

[tanny81]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies, in addtion to the above, is it also possible to amend the formula so that if for example cell E1 contained the word YES it wouldn't apply the formatting, but if E1 contained any other word it would still be applied?

 

[jimrward]

all you need to do is extend your previous formula to

=AND(LEFT(A1,2)="IE",E1<>"YES")