Conditional formatting: Formula to change cell colour based on their respective columns

[atisyam]

Hello. In my case I have 2 rows and all columns are affected. The 2 rows are Row 2 and Row 3.What I want is that whenever cell A2 contains "MAN", then cell A3 changes to yellow. Then similarly, whenever cell B2 contains "MAN",then cell B3 changes to yellow. So the cells in row 3 will change colour respective to their alphabetic column from row 2. Therefore, I do not want cell A3 to change yellow if cell B2 contains "MAN".

So is there a formula that I can use for conditional formatting that I type once for the first cell and can be applied to all rows?

Currently, I am doing cell by cell. So I got to cell A3, B3, C3..... and then I type

=$D$2="MAN"

(this code example is for cell D3).

Hope to get help. Thanks.
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[jtakw]

Hi,

Select A3 and drag across the rest of your range for CF, CF, use formula, and enter

=A2="Man"

Choose Format.

 

[atisyam]

Great. It worked. Thanks

 

[jtakw]

You're welcome, thanks for the feedback.