Conditional format based on various cells

[smcelv]

Could anyone please advise on conditional formatting?

I'm trying to use a formula to have say cell a1 to change colour IF cell d1 has any input?

I've been trying conditional formatting in cell a1 as - If(d1="",TRUE,FALSE) but no change happens with input to cell d1.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Fluff]

How about
=D1<>""

 

[smcelv]

I tried '=IF(G14<>"",TRUE,FALSE)' but doesn't seem to work.

 

[Peter_SSs]

I tried '=IF(G14<>"",TRUE,FALSE)' but doesn't seem to work.

What does column G have to do with anything? It wasn't mentioned in post 1.

Fluff's suggestion works for me as I understand what you wrote in post 1.

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C	D
1				3
2				ddd
3
4				text
5				23.2
6
7				x
CF

Cells with Conditional Formatting
Cell	Condition		Cell Format	Stop If True
A1	1. / Formula is =D1<>""	Abc

 

[smcelv]

Apologies Peter I was using A1 and D1 just as an example. My worksheet has a number of cells that I would need to meet the condition.

I was just hoping that I could grasp the idea from a example supplied here


Thank you so much to you and fluff for the support.

 

[Fluff]

In that case, maybe something like
=COUNTA(D1,G4,C15,E5)=4

 

[Peter_SSs]

I was just hoping that I could grasp the idea from a example supplied here

So, have you been able to do that?

BTW, in Conditional Formatting you never need something like
=IF(condition, TRUE,FALSE)

Just state the condition
=condition
and it will be itself TRUE or FALSE and the CF will work on that.
That is what Fluff's & my formulas do - no IF()

 

[smcelv]

Good morning fluff and Peter.
Fluff I have used the COUNTA function and have been getting the desired result
I couldn't get the D1,G4,C15,E5=4 to work for me properly.
I've had to go to each individual cell and use CF with 'COUNTA(G4). Next cell COUNTA(G5) and so on.

It certainly does what I require but I'm sure you guys will scoff at that.
I tried using a range ie. COUNTA(G4:G20) but that didn't work.
Could you just explain what =4 at the end of your formula meant please fluff?

 

[Fluff]

Counta counts any cell that is not completely empty, as I used 4 cells in the example I used =4, so if all 4 cells contain something counta will return 4 so you end up with 4=4 which returns true.

If you had 5 cells in the counta formula you would need to change it to =5