Conditional formatting to test blank text cell

[Andyjim]

I am trying to satisfy 2 criteria in order to change the color of a cell:
I hilighted cells b27:b56) and then went to conditional formatting and
entered this formula. I want the b column to turn blue if the adjacent cell
in the C column is greater than zero. I am spinning my wheels on this.
Thanks in advance for your help. You folks always come through for me!

=and(c17:c56>0,isblank(b17:b56))

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Select B17:B56

then with B17 as the active cell use

=C17>0

or if B needs to be blank

=AND(B17="",C17>0)

since you are using relative cell references they formatting will carry over
to the other cells that are selected and
change to

=C18>0
=C19>0

and so on


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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

 

[T. Valko]

Select the entire range to be formatted but in the formula just reference
the individual cell, not the entire range:

=AND(COUNT(C17),C17>0,B17="")

 

[Andyjim]

Thanks so much! Works well.

Select B17:B56

then with B17 as the active cell use

=C17>0

or if B needs to be blank

=AND(B17="",C17>0)

since you are using relative cell references they formatting will carry over
to the other cells that are selected and
change to

=C18>0
=C19>0

and so on


--


Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

 

[Gord Dibben]

You cannot test a range for >0 or ISBLANK.

Must be done one cell at a time.

Select B17:B56 then enter this formula in CF>Formula is:

=AND($C17>0,ISBLANK($B17))

Note the $ signs to lock the column but not the row.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP