How do I colour ill a cell in excel with a formula?

[SLO]

I am trying to figure out how to automatically colour a cell in excel if
my "IF" statement turns out to be negative. For example I have a list of
prices in excel, and if they are $50 higher or $50 lower than the
targeted price I need that to be flagged somehow in excel (preferably
by filling it in with a different colour). Currently I am going through
the prices manually and this just takes up too much time!! Help me!

 

[keeena]

Use conditional formatting under the Formatting menu.

Assuming Col A is the Targeted price and Col B is the actual price, use
the following Conditional Format:

Choose "Formula is" option from dropdown

Enter this as the condition: =ABS($A1-$B1)>50

Select the Format button and select the special format to apply (e.g.
Yellow fill).

-K

 

[keeena]

I forgot to mention - select column "B" before opening the Conditional
Formatting window. This will apply the formatting to the entire
column.

 

[Guest]

Hi, SLO.
Try using the "Conditional Formating" option in the Formating menu.
1. Select the columms where the negative values appear;
2. Go to Conditional Formating;
3. Choose the arguments for Cond.Formating the cells you chose.

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[SLO]

Thanx Keena,

I tried this and its not doing anything. I used a target price of
$400.00 and an acutal price of $500 - and nothing happened - super
frustrating!

 

[keeena]

Something is incorrect with how you are applying the conditional
formatting. Can you tell me more about the sheet layout? e.g. what
are the cells/columns/rows you want to compare? Is there a header,
etc... That way I can give more explicit instructions.