Conditional formatting -- copy paste special won't change referenc

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I am setting conditional formatting on a rather large spreadsheet for sum
values by month.

Cell A1 is the Resired resource request (data input)
Cell A2 =Sum(A3:A5)
Cell A3 through A5 are data input fields.

I can set conditional formatting to change fill based on greater than/less
than. What I cannot do is perform a bulk operation that will change my
conditional value for columns B through AH. Copy/paste special...formats
will add the conditional format, but KEEP the original reference.

Any way to change the in the same fashion as a traditional formula does when
you copy/paste?

Cheers....
 
Ed said:
I am setting conditional formatting on a rather large spreadsheet for
sum
values by month.

Cell A1 is the Resired resource request (data input)
Cell A2 =Sum(A3:A5)
Cell A3 through A5 are data input fields.

I can set conditional formatting to change fill based on greater
than/less
than. What I cannot do is perform a bulk operation that will change
my
conditional value for columns B through AH. Copy/paste
special...formats
will add the conditional format, but KEEP the original reference.

Any way to change the in the same fashion as a traditional formula does
when
you copy/paste?

Cheers....
Click to expand...

Basically, it involves putting a formula into the conditional format
and using a $ as you would with a normal formula.

See the following page: http://www.contextures.com/xlCondFormat02.html

The site has other pages on conditional formatting, here's the index
page: http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Scott
 
Set the CF for the first cell but be sure to use relative addressing as in =A1
and not =$A$1

You can then copy the format to other cells using the format paintbrush or paste
special>formats


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
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