Highlight in red all cells that have a formula with a mixed reference.

Josecarlospdcj

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class=y2iqfc>Hello everybody!
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EN'>
I'm a beginner in VBA. I tried to change the code that is being shown in "VBA - highlight cells with absolute references" but I couldn't adapt to what I need.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#202124;mso-ansi-language:
EN'>I have a spreadsheet with more than 1000 cells in which there are formulas with variations between relative and/or mixed and/or absolute references.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#202124;mso-ansi-language:
EN'>I need to highlight in red only those cells that have at least one formula with mixed reference, regardless of whether this same cell also has, along with the mixed reference, formulas with relative and/or absolute references.style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#202124'>

The most recent attempt also did not work because it paints red only the 1st cell with a dollar sign, not differentiating those that have mixed and/or absolute references.

Dim r As Range

Worksheets("Plan1k").Activate
With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
.Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
Range("A1:A16").Find(What:="$").Interior.ColorIndex = 3
End With
End Sub
 

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VBA Code:
Sub test2()
Dim r As Range
Dim c As Range

Worksheets("Plan1k").Activate
Set r = ActiveSheet.UsedRange
With r
.Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
End With
For Each c In r
 If InStr(c.Formula, "$") > 0 Then
  c.Interior.ColorIndex = 3
 End If
Next c

End Sub
 
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Thanks for the welcome and response.
The VBA code painted red all the cells that have formulas with a dollar sign, including the cells that only have formulas with absolute references (Ex.: =$A$1+$A$2) and that's where it doesn't meet what I need at the moment.
I need only the cells in which at least one of the formulas have a mixed reference (Ex.: =$A$1+$A2) or only a mixed reference (Ex.: =$A1+A$2) to be colored red.
 
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