IF Statement based on Cell Format

[KendallsDataImprov]

I have these two tables for two separate nonprofit directors with some overlapping values (i.e. Bank of America in both columns A and C), and they need to collaborate on their timing of communication so that they don't step on each others toes while fundraising. I've added an activity column beside both lists using Data Validation so that they can update the status as needed... "In contact" changes font to red and "Recent Ask" changes it to red bold italic.

What I WANT to happen is for the duplicate Grantmakers to change to the Light Red Highlight automatically, everywhere else they appear, whenever there is any activity noted. So that for instance, as I've shown manually in the screenshot, updating the activity status beside Bank of America in column A in turn highlights the duplicate name in column C.

I assume I need an If then statement, I just don't know how to write the formula or if I can do it this way at all. Something like: If the contents of this column are duplicates, If any of said duplicates are in Red, highlight this cell ..?

Any tips are greatly appreciated!

 

[etaf]

maybe a countifs()

so if the activity cell is blank then no highlight
in column C - if that is the column

select the cells C2 : c????
then a conditional formatting rule

=COUNTIFS( $A$2:$A$1000,C2,$B$2:$B$1000, "<>" ) >0

and

=COUNTIFS( $C$2:$C$1000,A2,$D$2:$D$1000, "<>" ) >0
i have formatted the text RED and bold - just to show the difference - but no reason not to format the same red fill

quick mockup

Book2
	A	B	C	D
1	name	activity	name	activity
2	Fred-1		fred-4
3	Fred-2	recent	fred-5
4	Fred-3		fred-6
5	Fred-4		fred-7	contact
6	Fred-5	recent	fred-8
7	Fred-6		fred-9
8	Fred-7		fred-1
9	Fred-8		fred-2
10	Fred-9		fred-3	visit
11			fred-4
12			fred-5
13			fred-6
Sheet1

Cells with Conditional Formatting
Cell	Condition		Cell Format	Stop If True
A2:A15	Expression	=COUNTIFS( $C$2:$C$1000,A2,$D$2:$D$1000, "<>" ) >0	text	YES
C2:C13	Expression	=COUNTIFS( $A$2:$A$1000,C2,$B$2:$B$1000, "<>" ) >0	text	NO

Note: Images are difficult to see , and also requires that I input all the data myself, which is very time consuming.

A SMALL sample spreadsheet, around 10-20 rows, would help a lot here, with all sensitive data removed, and expected results mocked up and manually entered, with a few notes of explanation.

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You can also test to see if it works ok, in the "Test Here" forum.

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OR if you cannot get XL2BB to work, or have restrictions on your PC , then put the sample spreadsheet onto a share
I only tend to goto OneDrive, Dropbox or google docs , as I'm never certain of other random share sites and possible virus.
Please make sure you have a representative data sample and also that the data has been desensitised, remember this site is open to anyone with internet access to see - so any sensitive / personal data should be removed