I am looking to format 500+ rows of data and essentially, G5-K5 (in every row) needs to be highlighted a light color (any color) if J5 equals "Regular".
This same condition will exist in every row, so it should be simple - but I am not an excel master by any means. I just don't think it's necessary to create 500+ conditions for each row!
That is actually pretty simple.
You right click one of the cells to do the formatting(one with
regular for example) and select Conditional Formatting on the menu.
Then you make sure the Range is the cell you right clicked, select
"The text is exactly" in the list and type "Regular in the field
under it.
Select the color under that field and press the blue button.
After that you just need to press the paint format tool(the paint
roll) and drag all the cells you want to have the same
behaviour(probably the entire column of the right clicked cell).
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This is quite a hard question to explain. Here is how it looks.
I have a script on Google Sheets that exports data to Google Form quiz. There are 500+ questions in quiz, properly filled with that script. To put the Right answers (Key answers) in Google Form I need to fill right cells in Google Sheet in green colour, then the script will do its job.
Key answers are filled in column M. Digits: 1=(right key answer) in column 1 (I), 2=J, 3=K and 4=L.
Can I use a formula or a macro that will check column M and fill in green colour Right answer cells on the same row?
If I'm understanding you correctly, this can be done with a custom Conditional Format formula. Do the following:
Click on cell I4. Select from the menu Format > Conditional
Formatting
When the CF window opens, the "Apply to range" field
will say I4. Change it to I4:L.
Under "Format rules / Format
cells if..." click the dropdown arrow and select the last option:
"Custom formula is"
In the blank field that appears below that (it
will show a "Value or formula" placeholder), enter the following
custom formula: =(ISNUMBER($M4))*(COLUMN(I4)=COLUMN($I4)+($M4-1))
In the "Formatting style" panel, click the paint bucket icon and
select the background color of your choice.
Click the "Done" button and close the Conditional Formatting dialog
window.
What I want to happen:
Depending on whether a tick box is clicked or not the corresponding cell on the same row should be colored (box unchecked) - so it would look like this:
My best guess was doing the following:
to color a whole row you need to freeze the column with $
=$G2=FALSE
applied to range A2:Z
I'm trying to make a column change color whenever a specific range within that same column has the same character, per example, I want cells C1:C50 to change to the color green when all the cells in C10:C50 have the value 1 on them.
I've tried this custom formula, that doesn't seem to work.
=C10:C50=CHAR(10004)
Sorry if this is an easy fix, but have been looking for answers and haven't found something that suits my problem
This should get you what you're after:
Select the rows you want the conditional format to apply to.
Click format > conditional formatting
Click + Add another rule
Below "Format Rules" click the drop down and select Is equal to
Type what you want the box to be equal to in the input (for example, "1" in your case)
Click the "Done" button.
Behold your beautifully formatted sheet and the new found power that you wield!
try:
=COUNTIF(C$10:C$50, CHAR(10004))=50
I have on my sheet many columns, so I want to highlight the cells on column A that contains a specific value. eg. I have on column A 200 rows, I want to highlight the CELLS that contains "2019" value. This is it and please keep in mind that I want to highlight not to change color.
Unfortunately, this type of action can't be done in Google Sheets other than manually holding CTRL key and selecting cells of interest.
I'm working on a spreadsheet in Google Sheets for multiple people, and indicate in a column who the person the information on that row pertains to. I want to format cells on that column, only when they're not empty, based on what person is selected in another cell.
I can create functions to format things based on another cell's entry, but I don't know how to compound that with a function for not being empty. Sorry if this is super basic, I just can't figure it out.
Yep. This is a super simple thing to do.
1) Highlight the column where the person's name appears.
2) From the main menu, select Format, Conditional formatting.
3) In the sidebar click add a new rule. what you want to do is create one rule for each name that appears (or could appear) in that column.
4) Under "Format cells if, select "Text is exactly"
5) Type the name in the cell where it says Value or Formula
6) Choose a background colour to suit.
7) Click Done.
8) Repeat steps 3 to 7 for each person; but change the background colour in each case.
Here's an example.