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Howdy.. I am sure this has been answered somewhere, but after four hours of surfing I can't seem to get it. So
I need to have a drop box selection change the color of the cell, but not change the value of it. The options in the drop box will be text but I need the result to be a change of color in target cell. Also need to have other options change the text color only of the cell. I am pretty new with excel, have spent alot of time tonight researching to no avail. I am running excel 2000 but have access to 2007 also. And need this to run on multiple cells. I have created the drop box cells F1-F5 using Data Validation -> List, Example of what I'm looking for
Cell A1= 16
Drop Box Option- Tardy = Change A1 to Red Background
Drop Box Option- Absent = Change A1 to Yellow Background
Drop Box Opton - Attended = Change A1 to Blue Background
Drop Box Opton - 5th = Change A1 to Blue Text
Drop Box Opton - 6th = Change A1 to Red Text
Your help is much appreciated.
I need to have a drop box selection change the color of the cell, but not change the value of it. The options in the drop box will be text but I need the result to be a change of color in target cell. Also need to have other options change the text color only of the cell. I am pretty new with excel, have spent alot of time tonight researching to no avail. I am running excel 2000 but have access to 2007 also. And need this to run on multiple cells. I have created the drop box cells F1-F5 using Data Validation -> List, Example of what I'm looking for
Cell A1= 16
Drop Box Option- Tardy = Change A1 to Red Background
Drop Box Option- Absent = Change A1 to Yellow Background
Drop Box Opton - Attended = Change A1 to Blue Background
Drop Box Opton - 5th = Change A1 to Blue Text
Drop Box Opton - 6th = Change A1 to Red Text
Your help is much appreciated.
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How do I do this?
Hi,
Try this...
There are some valid datas in the cells A2 (Eg. 100), B2(Eg. 200), C2 and D2.
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Can we implement this formula?
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no change to any values.
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Try this...
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Data validation is used in cell K2 to limit it to a set of values.
Can we implement this formula?
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