Coditional Format

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John Moore

Guys, I'm a little unsure how to complete this one. In the example below I
am trying to format cell A1 based on 3 criteria ,,, if cell C1 is less than
80% colour A1 red, if C1 is greater than 80% but less than 90% colour A1
yellow and if C1 is greater than 90% colour A1 green .... the Red and Green I
can get using the Formula Is box in the conditional format function ,, but
how do I get the "between" to work ??


A B C
1 13% 19% 68%
 
There is a hierarchy with Conditional Formatting - the first condition
takes precedence. So, make your first formula:

=C1>90% (set to green)

Second condition:

=C1>80% (set to yellow)

Third condition:

=AND(C1<80%,C1<>"") (set to red)

The last condition avoids the colour if the cell is empty.

You could use AND to specify a range of values, but by setting the
conditions in this order you can avoid that.

Hope this helps.

Pete
 
Thanks Pete ,, works well .... saves me some time ,, appreciate it
 
Hey John,

There is a problem in your description, what if C1 is exactly 80% or
90%? As described they would return no color.

Assuming you would like the crossovers to start at 80% and 90%, also
assuming your cell C1 is formatted as percentage, I believe your
Conditional Formats could be:

1st condition: =$C$1<0.8
2nd condition: =AND($C$1>0.79,$C$1<0.9)
3rd condition: =$C$1>0.89

Or to simplify, you could try:

1st condition: =$C$1<0.8
2nd condition: =$C$1<0.9
3rd condition: =$C$1>0.89

Since the first condition eliminates the need to restrict the lower
portion of the 2nd condition, the AND($C$1>0.79,_____) is not needed.
They both work for me, they should work for you.

HTH

-Minitman
 

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