I would use conditional formatting. select cell B2 Click Conditional formatting/new rule/Use a formula to determine which cells to format/. enter =b2<>B1 Set the format you want - I used a light green fill Click OK, OK Select B2 Copy Select the rest of column B (or as much of column B as you want it to apply to) PasteSpecial/Formats
It should be easier but I could not get it to work to just apply conditional formatting to the range. Regards David Grugeon On 21 February 2013 01:50, solsbee <joesolsbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a spreadsheet that the data is keyed in one cell, then multiple > other cells are populated by the index and match formula being tied to that > entry. My problem is sometimes I need 5 rows populated and other times I > may need 6. Is there a way to have excel show an error if a cell does not > match the cell above? The example in my spreadsheet would be B8 not > matching B9. > > I would attach a copy, but it would not let me. > > -- > Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s > =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ > https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > > FORUM RULES > > 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please > Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice > will not get quick attention or may not be answered. > 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. > 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security > measure. > 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. > 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. > 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. > > NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and > members are not responsible for any loss. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
