I search in the deepest parts on the internet for a google sheets relative conditional formating based on the cell above value, which means, that whenever i add a new value in the cell below, it will automatically check the cell above value and format the cell according to it.
I've finally came to the solution explained below.
The result will be something like this:
I hope it works for you, weary traveller.
Select the range of cells that you want to format.
Go to >Format > Conditional Format > Add rule.
Under format rules select the option "Custom Formula is".
Paste the next formula if you want to check that your current cell is BIGGER THAN the cell above: =INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW();COLUMN())) > INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW()-1;COLUMN()))
OR the next formula if you want to check that your current cell is LOWER THAN the cell above: =INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW();COLUMN())) < INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW()-1;COLUMN())).
Select the color you like to apply, and click in DONE.
If the range of cells is A2:G, this rule will also work:
=AND(A2<>"",A2<A1) [RED]
=AND(A2<>"",A2>A1) [GREEN]
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How do I create a conditional formatting rule in Google Sheets that changes the colour of a cell based on the text in another cell?
I want to create a rule whereby if I type "tested" in ANY cell, the two following cells in the row change colour automatically to show the testing window.
The sheet is very large so I need to also know how to make this rule apply to all cells, without all formatting relating to the text in just one cell - it always needs to be the cell with the text relating to the following two cells in the row.
Thanks in advance!
I've tried to use the basic conditional formatting, and tried googling, but all answers are based on a number value and don't apply when I try to use the same custom formula.
try:
=A1="tested"
and 2 rules. one for B1:Z and 2nd for C1:Z
I want to highlight the cell with a color of a cell (range G24:G90) if it contains a G4 cell value (dynamic). What is the best way for this?
The best way for us to answer is, when you add samples of what you've tried and what result you get.
Although as much i understood from your short description, you can select those range you mentioned and click on "Conditional Formatting" and on the "Formula Rules" section select "Custom Formula" and type something like this based on your requirement:-
=$G24=$G$4
You can do Formatting Style based on what you like.
You can learn more about advance conditional formatting on this doc :- Click here
Need some help. I'm currently making a Google Sheets, and I need some conditional formating. I need a row to be formatted with the condition on one of her cells.
For example, I need to formate A2:I2 with the formula =$H$2="No".
This was the easy part. I can do that.
The part that I fail is :
I have like 30 or 40 rows to formate like that, with the condition on the cell of the row. (H15 for A15:I15, H21 for A21:I21...). I tried to select the first row, copy it, and special past the formatting to another row, but Google makes some weird shit. It creates a new rule, but keep the previous cells range and add the currently selected. And the formula stays on the $H$2. I know it's because I put some $ in the name of the cell, but if I don't, it will not formating the entire row. Juste the first cell.
My question is :
How can I properly copy/paste the conditional formatting of the first row to the others one, with the condition correctly on the cell of each row, and keeping the formatting on the entire row?
The meaning of the $ sign is the following:
$H$2: it will lock that cell only,
H$2: it will lock that column,
$H2: it will lock that row (I think this is the one you are looking for),
So you can set the range to be: A2:I
And the formula to be: =$H2="No"
I have a Google Sheets table of names and statistics that go along with said names. I'm trying to use a dropdown menu on a specific cell so that when I select a specific name from the dropdown, all of the cells that start with the same name will be highlighted.
Assuming the dropdown is in B2. Please select entire sheet and: Format > Conditional formatting..., Format cells if... Custom formula is and:
=regexmatch(A1,"^"&$B$2)
with highlighting of your choice and Done.
Since for all of the cells that start with the same name this could be slow.
custom formula: =IF(I1=H$4, 1)
I have a google sheets document where I have cells A1:Z1. In AA1, I have a value total. If that value is greater than 5, I would like A1:Z1 to be highlighted in red. I then want to do this for every row down the sheet. Could somebody help be out with this? I tried using other answers here, but I can't get it to work.
First of all take a look at Use conditional formatting rules in Google Sheets.
On your computer, open a spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
Select the cells you want to apply format rules to (A1:Z1).
Click Format and then Conditional formatting. A toolbar will open to the right.
Under the "Format cells if" drop-down menu, click Custom formula is. If there's already a rule, click it or Add new rule > and then Custom formula is.
On custom formula put this =SUM(A1:Z1) > 5
Choose other formatting properties.
Click Done.
The result will be this.