Conditional formatting help

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Mark Christensen

Hello,

I'm starting to bang my head against my desk with this one! I have 2 columns
of data: column A has 3500 rows; column C has 1800 rows. In column B I did a
vlookup so I know which cells in column A are in column C. The cells that
aren't in column C display #N/A in column B. I then copied column B and
pasted special as value so there are no formulas in column B. This part is
working as expected.

My problem is: now I want to conditional format column B so that all
occurrences of #N/A will be red shaded. For the life of me I can't get this
to work. Can someone please tell me how to do this?

I've tried by selecting column B, then going to conditional formatting,
choosing cell value is equal to #N/A and then on the format button,
selecting red as the cell shading color but nothing happens. Please help as
I'm losing my mind! Thanks.

Mark
 
Mark

Use:

Formula is: =ISNA($B2)

Not sure why you need column B ... you could do the conditional formatting
on column A.

Regards

Trevor
 
Hello,

I'm starting to bang my head against my desk with this one! I have 2 columns
of data: column A has 3500 rows; column C has 1800 rows. In column B I did a
vlookup so I know which cells in column A are in column C. The cells that
aren't in column C display #N/A in column B. I then copied column B and
pasted special as value so there are no formulas in column B. This part is
working as expected.

My problem is: now I want to conditional format column B so that all
occurrences of #N/A will be red shaded. For the life of me I can't get this
to work. Can someone please tell me how to do this?

I've tried by selecting column B, then going to conditional formatting,
choosing cell value is equal to #N/A and then on the format button,
selecting red as the cell shading color but nothing happens. Please help as
I'm losing my mind! Thanks.

Mark
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Hi Mark

In Conditional Formatting for cell B1:

Change "Cell Value Is" to "Formula Is".
Enter the formula =ISNA(B1).
Set your format and away you go.

Regards

Steve
 
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