Conditional formatting

[cac1219]

I am trying to conditionally format a (fairly) large section using a formula. In the example below, I have rows that may or may not have a total number. If there is a number in the total column, I want the Item name to bold. I am trying to figure out an easier way to format without having to do each row individually. I have tried paint formatter but all of column 1 would bold when A2>0, not format to seperate rows.
Formual for conditional formatting:
If B2>0 then B1 bold
If C2>0 then C1 bold
Etc.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
A	Item	Total	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
B	Carrot	15	5		5		5
C	Beans
D	Onion	4		2		2
E	Celery

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</tbody><colgroup><col style="text-align: center;"><col style="text-align: center;"><col style="text-align: center;" span="6"></colgroup>

 

[skywriter]

The way I did this was I selected A2:A5 starting from the top and moving down so that A2 is the active cell.

Then I go to conditional formatting, I choose new rule and choose use a formula to decide which cells to format.

I then enter the formula =B2>0. You only enter it once and make sure there are no $ dollar signs in the formula Excel copies the formula internally so that it applies to the next row and so on down to row 5 because that is where I ended the selection. The key is that A2 is the active cell because in the formula I'm referencing B2 and making sure that there are no dollar signs in the formula means Excel copies the formula to encompass all the cells I selected.




Sheet38

*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	Item	Total	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
2	Carrot	15	5	*	5	*	5
3	Beans	*	*	*	*	*	*
4	Onion	7	*	2	*	2	*
5	Celery	*	*	*	*	*	*

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</tbody>

Conditional formatting

Cell Nr.: / Condition Format A2 1. / Formula is =B2>0 Abc A3 1. / Formula is =B2>0 Abc A4 1. / Formula is =B2>0 Abc A5 1. / Formula is =B2>0 Abc <tbody> </tbody>

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