Conditionnal Formatting - I guess this is easy !

[ibanana]

Hi guys !

I have a sheet with percentage on the top and countries on the left. I would like to format the cells so it shows green/red arrows depending whether the percentage is greater or less than the previous month.

How can I do this?

Thanks !

 

[texasalynn]

and so where is the previous month shown?

 

[ibanana]

Basically it is like this



Jan Feb March ....

USA 5% 10% 2%
Uk 15% 25% 1%
....



I would like an arrow up from Jan to Feb for USa and down from Feb to March in USa, etc

 

[texasalynn]

with a helper column you could add formula then do conditional formats for the color

Sheet1

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<TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: groove; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #00ff00; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: groove; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffcf9; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: groove; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: groove; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #00ff00"><TBODY><TR><TD>Spreadsheet Formulas</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2><TBODY><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><TD>Cell</TD><TD>Formula</TD></TR><TR><TD>C2</TD><TD>=10%</TD></TR><TR><TD>D2</TD><TD>=IF(C2>B2,"↑","↓")</TD></TR><TR><TD>F2</TD><TD>=IF(E2>C2,"↑","↓")</TD></TR><TR><TD>D3</TD><TD>=IF(C3>B3,"↑","↓")</TD></TR><TR><TD>F3</TD><TD>=IF(E3>C3,"↑","↓")</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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[ibanana]

Thanks but I'd like the arrows within the cell, I have tried the conditionnal formatting but can;t find out the compare to previous month function

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