thanks for link, but i want a way out without using macros On May 20, 6:48 pm, Norman May <nor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try the link below: > > http://www.mrexcel.com/archive/Formatting/12054.html > > Norman > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Balla <kishore.maro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > M using excel 2003, and say i need to have this below rule for a cell > > if value is "india", background color blue > > if value is "aus", background color yellow > > if value is "sa", background color pink > > if value is "eng", background color red > > if value is "sl", background color navyblue > > > m using conditional formatting, but it gives only 3 rules, is there > > any workaround for this > > > Thanks > > Kishore
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