Conditional Formatting on "Any Text" entered in a cell

[Chris Mather]

I Would like to setup some conditional cells to display a single color if any
text is entered in the cell. How can I setup the conditional formatting for
this?

Excel 2000

 

[Susan]

Try this:

In Cell A1
Format->Conditional Formatting
Formula is: =$A1=""
Change your Pattern to whatever you like.

Once the cell contains ANYTHING, it should change to your condition.

 

[Susan]

I also want to add that, you can copy this cell and paste down Column A rows,
and the condition will automatically change to cell $A2, $A3, etc..

Take the $ off if you're going to paste across columns.

 

[ed]

Try this:

In Cell A1
Format->Conditional Formatting
Formula is: =$A1=""
Change your Pattern to whatever you like.

In cell A1 go to conditional formatting and select Formula is
=ISTEXT(A1) and do your formatting. Then copy to any cells you want.
Any text (not a number )including a space wil make those cells go to
your choice of color.

ed