Highlight the whole row
Color an entire row when one of its cells meets a condition, with a formula rule that locks the column it checks.
In this lesson
- Select the whole table without the header, then Format, then Conditional formatting.
- Write the formula for the first row:
=$F2="Late",=$D2>14. TRUE colors the cell. - $ before the column letter, none before the row number.
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
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Where it sits in Conditional formatting
- Highlight cells above a value8 min
- Color scales and data bars9 min
- Highlight the whole rowThis lesson9 min
- Highlight duplicates9 min
- Highlight overdue and due-this-week dates11 min
- Traffic-light status column10 min
The steps
10 steps: 4 explanations, 4 Do this, 2 questions, then Your turn.
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
Confident · 9 min · Free, with no sign-up
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Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.
On your computer, go tolearnford.com/go/BV7C