Conditional formatting, "0" not equal to blank

J

Johan

I would like the following conditional formatting

A blank cell = no filling

0 to 0.99 = red
1 to 1.99 = yellow
more than 2 = green

The problem I have is that blank cells are red. I just want the cells
where i type in "0" to be red.

Is it possible to solve this problem?

thanks!
 
B

Bob Phillips

Try a formula of

=AND(A1=0,LEN(A1)>0)

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Bob

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E

Earl Kiosterud

Johan,

Select the cells. Note which is the active (white) cell). In the first condition, use
"Formula is:"
=C1>=2 Set it to green

Same for the second condition:
=C1>=1 set to yellow

Third:
=AND(ISNUMBER(C1),C1>=0) set to red

Change the C1 to whatever your active cell is. You may want to use = in place of the >=,
depending on where you want to change to take place.

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top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome.
 
H

Harlan Grove

Johan said:
The problem I have is that blank cells are red. I just want the cells
where i type in "0" to be red.

Is it possible to solve this problem?

Blank cells are evaluated as numeric zeros, so you can't test for <>
0. You have to test that the cell contains a number, so you can't use
the simple condition that the cell value is between 0 and whatever.
You have to use a FORMULA condition like

=AND(COUNT(x),x>=0,x<1)

where x is a placeholder for your cell address.
 

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