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My company blocks those web sites, so I cannot actually see your linked picture.
Can you just post your formula and explain what you want to happen?
 
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here is my question,

=COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'[CFormating.xlsx]"&A3&"'!B4:B10"),"*"&$B$2&"*")

ABCDEFGH
2OrderBlackRedBlueBlack RedBlue BlackRed BlackBlack Blue
3Order 1üü
4Order 2üü
5

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
</tbody>
Sheet1
There is a list of another worksheet contain
Order 1 - Black Red & Blue Black
Order 2 - Red Black & Black Blue

When i used this formula, E3,F3 ; G4,H4 is displayed correctly. But B3:D4 is all highlighted. Apparently whenever the list contain part of the name, it will be highlighted too.
 
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here is my question,

=COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'[CFormating.xlsx]"&A3&"'!B4:B10"),"*"&$B$2&"*")
What range is this formula being applied to?

I think you may need to lock down some more ranges, possibly.
I am pretty sure the part in red needs to be $A3 to lock the column A reference down.
And the blue part may need to be $B$4:$B$10, but I cannot be sure, because I don't know the layout of those sheets.
 
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AB
3Order 1
4Black Red
5Blue Black
6
7
8
9
10

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
</tbody>
Order 1



AB
3Order 2
4Red Black
5Black Blue
6
7
8
9
10

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
</tbody>
Order 2
maybe this will help?
 
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Did you try locking down the references like I showed in the last post and see if that solves your issue?
 
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