identifying blank cells

stef in chi town

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I work with a series of spreadsheets that quite often need inserted rows and I need to make sure those inserted rows have specific columns copy the formula of the cells above.

Either that or have a conditional format in a designated cell that can scan a series of cells and alert me when one is blank.

I am hoping to make this function automatic with no macros to run.

Can someone please help? I'm going bananas.
 

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Maybe this can help you:

In A1:A4, I entered data.
In B1, I entered the formula, =countblank(A1:A4)
In B1, I entered the Conditional Formatting, =(countblamk), then selected Format, Patterns, and selected a background color (red, in my case).

Now, I went to row 4, and entered a new row 4. Cell B1 turned red, and showed the number of blanks as 1.

I went to new row 5, and entered a new row 5. Cell B1 remained red, and showed the number of blanks as 2.

Perhaps you can adapt the idea to your particular problem?
 
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Hi Stef, welcome to the board.

When you say "no macros to run" do mean no macros at all, or just ones that have to be manually executed?

I would think if you have any specific criteria for adding rows that would always apply, we could use a macro to add the row(s) and fill the desired cell(s) with your formula at the same time.

If this is undesirable, then Ralph's soultion might be just the ticket.
(That's a great idea Ralph!)

Dan
 
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