Can cell format come from and change with reference cell format

G

Guest

Can a cell that refers to the contents of another cell, adopt the the same
format as the reference cell and can the format change as the reference cell
format changes? Specifically can a cell's text attributes such as bold,
italics or text or cell color be assigned by and change with the reference
cell?
 
G

Gord Dibben

Linked cells can return values but not formats.

Conditional Formatting based upon the value may do the trick.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 

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