conditional formatting for cells containing words

[Guest]

conditional formatting works very well with numbers. Is there a way to
conditionally format a cell that contains words? For example if the cell
contains "confirmed" would be green and "decline" would be red - works. What
about if the cell conatins "confirmed" but also something else in that cell?
Thanks

 

[RagDyeR]

Click on "Formula Is", and enter this:

=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("defined",A1))
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HTH,

RD
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conditional formatting works very well with numbers. Is there a way to
conditionally format a cell that contains words? For example if the cell
contains "confirmed" would be green and "decline" would be red - works. What
about if the cell conatins "confirmed" but also something else in that cell?
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Try this:
For text in Cell A1

<Format><Conditional Formatting>
Condition 1:
Formula is: =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("confirmed",A1))
(Set the format for condition 1)

Condition 2:
Formula is: =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("decline",A1))
(Set the format for condition 2)

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro