Comments on: Conditional row color based on a cell value

By: Yaron Berlinsky

Yaron Berlinsky — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:52:15 +0000

Thanks.
Great tip.
Solved issue for me.

By: Bastien

Bastien — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:13:34 +0000

Hello Mayur,

Thank you for your comment.
I'm sorry but that is not possible, neither in Excel or via ASAP Utilities.

Kind regards,
Bastien Mensink

By: Mayur

Mayur — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:50:13 +0000

Hi Bastien,
I am using 2003, Ihave created a drop down list with four options & i want all the 4 in diff colours. Whenever any option is selected it has to appear with the respective assigned colour. Kindly assist.

By: Bastien

Bastien — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:39:05 +0000

Hello Sufyan,

Thank you for your feedback.

Yes, you can copy the conditional formatting, just like normal formatting.
Just copy the row, select the target row and choose in the Excel menu Edit > Paste special > Formats
or in the Excel ribbon Home tab > Paste > Paste special > Formats

Kind regards,
Bastien Mensink

By: Sufyan

Sufyan — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:40:02 +0000

I have a problem which i still havent been able to overcome. I am using excel 2007.

i need the entire row to be highlighted by a specific colour based on the value of one cell in that row. Ex. if the cell contains the text "completed", i would want the entire row to get colored.

I could do this using conditional formatting using value of the cell option for the entire row to get highlighted.

PROB: i want this conditional formatting to be repeated in all the rows below that too… Have a couple of hundred rows, and this keeps getting added. Is there any way to copy the conditional formatting to below rows too??

Very much in need of help.

Thanks,

Sufyan

By: Bastien

Bastien — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:58:23 +0000

Hello Varun,

Thank you for your feedback.
If you want the entire row to be colored, then you have to set the conditional formatting for each cell in that row.
Just select the entire row and then set the conditional formatting conditions.

Kind regards,
Bastien

By: VARUN

VARUN — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:50:47 +0000

in Excel 2007 I need to conditally format a row (fill with color) based on text rather than a numeric value. I have one worksheet and I need the rows highlighted with differernt color based on Approved,not approved, I can't seem to get the formula right to get the entire row highlighted. When I say "Approved " it only highlights that cell and not the entire row… Any suggestions pl let me know.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:25:58 +0000

Hello

I used the formula

=INDIRECT("J"&ROW())="YES" and made it go yellow

however i want to do another saying

=INDIRECT("L"&ROW())="YES" and made it go red

with the second overwriting the first how do i make this work?

thanks

Stuart

By: DANA

DANA — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:13:19 +0000

hello!

jomobe, your post was really useful and im mch closer to getting what i want…but not quite…maybe someone can help!

i used the exact formula, but replaced the "not" with "n"

=INDIRECT("C"&ROW())="N";

what i want though, is for the entire row to be highlighted if the cell in coloums C *AND* the cell in coloumn D ="N" …
Basically, its not enough for the row to be highlighted if its just one N…

im not that experienced with excel and have tried everything i know, so any help would be HUGELY appreciated!

thanks!

Dana
i hope that makes sen

By: Hari

Hari — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:35:53 +0000

Hi,

I need to highlight a row if the difference between two column ( column will have dates ) is greater than 1. Also I need to replace today's date if the second ( date ) column is empty and it should be hidden.. Please suggest.

Best regards,

Hari Bhaskar.