Conditional Formatting

[Dan in Lowell]

Hi,

I have a spreadshhet in which activities are listed one per row and there are data elements in columns a through r for each item. In column G is a status indicator which is selected from a drop down menue so as to ensure the consitancey of the status spelling etc.

I would like to apply conditional formatting that will color each row a different color depending on the status indicator. (e.g: Pending status = blue, Completed = yellow, etc.) I would like the formatting to not go beyond the R column so that the remaining empty column beyond column r are never considered in the print range by virtue of having been formatted.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Norie]

How many formats do you want to apply?

If it's only 3 then you can easily do this using a formula in conditional formatting.

Just select the required rows in columns A-R, goto Format>Conditional Formatting..., select formula is, enter this formula

=$G1="Status"

and format as required.

Hit Add and repeat for the other conditions.

Note change 1 if the data starts in row 2, or whatever.

 

[lenze]

Hi Dan. Supposing you have more than 3 formats, you will need code. Since your status column is G, we will work off of that. Here's how it would work. The code would look something like this

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
If Target.Column <> 7 Then Exit Sub
Dim myColor As Variant
Select Case Target
Case "Case 1": myColor = 5
Case "Case 2": myColor = 6
Case "Case 3": myColor = 7
'etc
Case Else: myColor = xlNone
End Select
Target.Offset(0, -6).Resize(1, 18).Interior.ColorIndex = myColor
End Sub

HTH

lenze