Conditional Format - 1 Cell to change color

bobgrand

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Joined
Apr 14, 2008
Messages
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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
Hello all,

How do conditional format A1 to change color if a specific word is somewhere in Column A?

Greatly appreciate any help

Bob
 

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Copy PDF to Excel
Select data in PDF. Paste to Microsoft Word. Copy from Word and paste to Excel.
Select cell A1
Then, click Home > Conditional Formatting > New Rule.
In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, click Use a formula to determine which cells to format.
Under Format values where this formula is true, type the formula:

Code:
=COUNTIF($A:$A,"[COLOR=#0000ff]some[/COLOR]")>0


Click Format.
Select Color.
Click OK.
Click OK.

Change "some" for the word you want
 
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