Conditional formatting cells in column B based off of values in column A

HeRoseInThree

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I am trying to highlight column B based off of values in column A.

If A has the word parts in it, then I want B to change. I Googled it and seen several examples, I just can't find a way that works for me.

N&I - BLANK - repair bill - ESTIMATE.xlsx
AB
19tow1
20storage2
21ship3
22labor4
23itow5
24gas6
25inspect7
26sf8
27af9
28lop10
29dot11
30scene12
31wc13
32fea14
33report15
34parts
35prop
36bodyp
37bodyl
3820
Sheet1
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B34:B37Cell Valuecontains "parts"textNO
A19:A38Cell Value="bodyl"textNO
A19:A40Cell Value="bodyp"textNO
A19:A40Cell Value="parts"textNO
A19:A40Cell Value="prop"textNO
A19:A40Cell ValueduplicatestextNO
 

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You can use a formula
+Fluff 1.xlsm
AB
19tow1
20storage2
21ship3
22labor4
23itow5
24gas6
25inspect7
26sf8
27af9
28lop10
29dot11
30scene12
31wc13
32fea14
33report15
34parts
35prop
36bodyp
37bodyl
3820
Main
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B19:B38Expression=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("parts",A19))textNO
 
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