How do I change cell color in excel based on text input?

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I want the cell format (meaning color of the cell) to change based upon the
text entered. I have used up the conditioal formatting. It only allows three
formats, and i require more. I am inquiring if this can be made into a
formula for a cell to have the color change upon certain text phrases?
 
Try this event code.

Option Compare Text
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Set r = Range("A1:A20")
If Intersect(Target, r) Is Nothing Then
Exit Sub
End If
On Error GoTo Endit
Application.EnableEvents = False
vals = Array("Cat", "Dog", "Gopher", "Hyena", "Ibex", "Lynx", _
"Ocelot", "Skunk", "Tiger", "Yak")
nums = Array(8, 9, 6, 3, 7, 4, 20, 10, 23, 15)
For Each rr In r
icolor = 0
For i = LBound(vals) To UBound(vals)
If rr.Value = vals(i) Then
icolor = nums(i)
End If
Next
If icolor <> 0 Then
rr.Interior.ColorIndex = icolor
End If
Next
Endit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

Right-click on the sheet tab and "View Code".. Copy/paste to that sheet module.

Edit then Alt + q to freturn to the Excel window.

As an alternative.............Bob Phillips has a CFPLUS add-in that allows up to
30 CF's in a cell.

http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.CFPlus.Download.html


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
I'm trying to color cell backgrounds based on the value of an input cell(1) equaling the value of another cell(2) where cell(2) is derived from another sheet such as =SHEET2!$L2.

If a cell in the range A1:A4 equals A5 then color that cell with a specific color. Values of A1:A4 would be text strings, such as "B" or "A B", and the value in A5 would be a text string from a second sheet in the workbook such as =SHEET2!$L2 where the value is "B" or "A B".



Gord Dibben wrote:

Try this event code.
07-May-08

Try this event code

Option Compare Tex
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range
Set r = Range("A1:A20"
If Intersect(Target, r) Is Nothing The
Exit Su
End I
On Error GoTo Endi
Application.EnableEvents = Fals
vals = Array("Cat", "Dog", "Gopher", "Hyena", "Ibex", "Lynx",
"Ocelot", "Skunk", "Tiger", "Yak"
nums = Array(8, 9, 6, 3, 7, 4, 20, 10, 23, 15
For Each rr In
icolor =
For i = LBound(vals) To UBound(vals
If rr.Value = vals(i) The
icolor = nums(i
End I
Nex
If icolor <> 0 The
rr.Interior.ColorIndex = icolo
End I
Nex
Endit
Application.EnableEvents = Tru
End Su

Right-click on the sheet tab and "View Code".. Copy/paste to that sheet module

Edit then Alt + q to freturn to the Excel window

As an alternative.............Bob Phillips has a CFPLUS add-in that allows up t
30 CF's in a cell

http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.CFPlus.Download.htm

Gord Dibben MS Excel MV

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How do I change cell color in excel based on text input?
I want the cell format (meaning color of the cell) to change based upon the
text entered. I have used up the conditioal formatting. It only allows three
formats, and i require more. I am inquiring if this can be made into a
formula for a cell to have the color change upon certain text phrases?

Try this event code.
Try this event code

Option Compare Tex
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range
Set r = Range("A1:A20"
If Intersect(Target, r) Is Nothing The
Exit Su
End I
On Error GoTo Endi
Application.EnableEvents = Fals
vals = Array("Cat", "Dog", "Gopher", "Hyena", "Ibex", "Lynx",
"Ocelot", "Skunk", "Tiger", "Yak"
nums = Array(8, 9, 6, 3, 7, 4, 20, 10, 23, 15
For Each rr In
icolor =
For i = LBound(vals) To UBound(vals
If rr.Value = vals(i) The
icolor = nums(i
End I
Nex
If icolor <> 0 The
rr.Interior.ColorIndex = icolo
End I
Nex
Endit
Application.EnableEvents = Tru
End Su

Right-click on the sheet tab and "View Code".. Copy/paste to that sheet module

Edit then Alt + q to freturn to the Excel window

As an alternative.............Bob Phillips has a CFPLUS add-in that allows up t
30 CF's in a cell

http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.CFPlus.Download.htm

Gord Dibben MS Excel MV

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Select A1:A4 and in Conditional Formatting use Formula Is (in Excel 2007:
New Rule / based on formula), with =A1=$A$5 and set the formatting you want.

How A5 gets it value is not relevant here
best wishes
 
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