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"I am trying to do a conditional format on 1 cell if another cell is between 1 and 99. I think I need to insert a function but I am not sure. Not sure if there is a formula." Using Office 2007
Answer
Len,
Its easy to do this with Excel 2007, as well as with 2003.
Select the cells you want to format... ALL of them. Then open the CF (Conditional Formatting) ribbon option. Choose New Rule; you'll see a list of methods; pick the Use A Formula To Determine Which Cells To Format, which is the bottom choice.
In the dialog box, you MUST type a formula which equates to either TRUE or FALSE. Since you want to create a 'between' formula, you'll need to use an AND statement, like so:
=AND(other-cell>=1,other-cell<=99)
The 'other-cell' is any cell address in the worksheet. Be sure to REMOVE the $-signs if you use the click-on-cell method to choose the cell; I assume you want to format a column of cells, based on the values in another column. By selecting all the cells you wanted to format, and using a formula without $-signs, each cell-to-be-formatted will refer to a different cell to do its 1-to-99 value comparison.
>>> Bill
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