What would be the custom formula to highlight a cell in Column K of Sheet 1 if it matches a cell in column K of Sheet 2? I also do not want it to include blank cells.
By "a" cell I am assuming any cell (rather than a specific one) so please try selecting ColumnK in Sheet 1, Format > Conditional formatting..., Custom formula is:
=match(K1,indirect("Sheet 2!K:K"),0)>0
with formatting of your choice. Range: should show K:K.
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I'm trying to have Sheet 2's cell contents strikethrough if a cell in Sheet 1's checkbox has been selected using conditional formatting. I've been trying the custom formula =INDIRECT("'Sheet1'!A2")=TRUE but that seems to be doing nothing.
Here's a very basic example of what I want. Basically when an item on Sheet 1 is checked off I want the corresponding item on Sheet 2 to strikethrough.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13n8pdPnsX79nF2ISuTfIsbjzExuPGVtYbTU0MsBotLM/edit?usp=sharing
I figured out the issue, since I had another conditional formatting rule on the sheet 2 cell it wasn't working.
I'm looking to make a planner, I would like to find the cell in another sheet called 'Main' that matches my cell A2.
The date would be in row 2 of which some are not dates.
I'm just looking to do conditional formatting based on that cell but can't seem to find out how to get the cell
any help would be welcome...
If you want to highlight the cell in Row 2 of the Main sheet, then you can highlight row 2 in the Main sheet and apply conditional formatting in the Main sheet using this formula:
=A$1=INDIRECT("Sheet1!$A$2")
Please note that the above formula assumes that the sheet containing reference date in A2 is named "Sheet1."
I have created a spreadsheet and I need to have a blank cell highlighted if ever another cell in its row is not blank and am having trouble figuring it out. I know the basics behind conditional formatting in Google Sheets just need some advice.
try like this:
apply to range A1:A
enter custom formula: =($B1<>"")*($A1="")
logic: if B cell is not blank and A cell is blank then A cell gets highlighted
I have a Google Sheets table of names and statistics that go along with said names. I'm trying to use a dropdown menu on a specific cell so that when I select a specific name from the dropdown, all of the cells that start with the same name will be highlighted.
Assuming the dropdown is in B2. Please select entire sheet and: Format > Conditional formatting..., Format cells if... Custom formula is and:
=regexmatch(A1,"^"&$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)
So I have one sheet that's a timeline, with the first column being an ascending list of dates and the second being a description of the event that happens on that date.
Another sheet has a cell with a specific date.
I would like the cell on the first column of the first sheet whose date is the date on that second sheet's cell to be formatted. How do I do that?
If the second sheet has a date in cell A1, then the first column of the first sheet should have conditional formatting "Value is equal to... " =indirect("Sheet2!A1")
The use of indirect is necessary because otherwise conditional formatting rules cannot refer to other sheets.