Conditional Format with user input

jkevin

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  1. 365
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  1. Windows
I have a sheet with 186 rows and cells A through Y. I have my user input cell as B2. The word I am using to format the entire row could be anywhere in the sheet, not specific to a column. The closest I can get is highlighting individual cells. I want the entire row. What am I missing?
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Something like this perhaps?
Book1
ABCDEFGH
1Search Word
2somethingsomething
3somethingsomethingsomething
4somethingsomethingsomething
5somethingsomethingsomethingsomething
6somethingsomethingsomethingsomething
7somethingsomethingsomething
8somethingsomethingsomething
9somethingsomething
10somethingsomething
11somethingsomethingsomething
12somethingsomethingsomething
13somethingsomethingSearch Wordsomething
14somethingsomethingsomethingsomething
15somethingsomethingsomething
16somethingsomethingsomething
17somethingsomethingsomething
18Search Wordsomethingsomethingsomething
19somethingsomethingsomethingsomething
20somethingsomethingsomethingsomething
21somethingsomethingsomethingsomething
Sheet1
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
A2:Y187Expression=COUNTIF($A2:$Y2,$B$1)>0textYES
 
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