Change FORMAT

[Guest]

I am just a beginner and I would like to change the format of as cell
according to a condition in another cell.

First example:I have a cell A3 that contains a text, and I want to change it
format to BOLD and change the background to BLUE when A1=M

Second example:I have a cell A3 that contains a text, and I want to change
it format to BOLD and change the background to BLUE when A1 has a GREEN
background

Please help

 

[Dave Peterson]

You're gonna need a User defined function to get the value of a color.

See Chip Pearson's site for a nice version:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm
Look for: Returning The ColorIndex Of A Cell

Then you can use that UDF in the conditional formatting's "formula is" box.