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I have a group of cells with information and I want to highlight the cells on a mac and no matter what i try if I highlight one corner and try to drag it it just copies the info from the first cell and deletes the info it is soooooo not user friendly
Solved by G. J. in 21 mins
Hi, I'm trying to do conditional formatting based on quartile formula for column U in this data. I want to highlight Columns A through to BV based on quartiles. It's not saying there's an error in formula but nothing is highlighting?
Solved by D. E. in 25 mins
I need to: 1) Compare 2 columns of data 2) Highlight the data that is new 3) Place the new in a 3rd colum
Solved by G. Q. in 28 mins
I need to highlight a cell based on time and day within the week. for example, i wish to highlight a cell when it is 1pm until 1.59PM on a wednesday, then when the clock hits 2pm then another cell would be highlighted.
Solved by E. B. in 25 mins
Conditional Formatting Question: I want to highlight the top cell (title cell) of a column based on the information in that column. I.e. if there are empty cells in column C, the title of the column (C2) is highlighted red.
Solved by T. F. in 19 mins
I need to create a formula which colours excel fields when the same text is found on two different tabs. For example on one sheet i have the text - BOWDOL, so when this appears on both sheets, it would highlight the field in a colour.
Solved by A. L. in 11 mins
I need a formula to highlight cells on an excel sheet to determine if thye're weekends
Solved by I. C. in 13 mins
I would like cells in Column A to highlight based on whether or not a cell in column G is highlighted. (Column G has conditional formatting applied based on a specific date)
Solved by F. Y. in 23 mins
I have a volume cell & a price cell & i need a conditional formatting to highlight the price cell in red, if there is a value in the volume cell & no value in the price cell
Solved by D. D. in 16 mins
Hi, see yellow highlight in columns CH and CJ. Is it possible to add a formula to count the number in each quartile? CH is a count column AB quartiles, and CJ is a count of X quartiles.
Solved by F. A. in 17 mins