Conditional Formatting - highlight row, based off cell value in column P for that row

[ChristineC]

I feel like what I have should work but I cant get it to apply to the whole row somehow...

So I have tried:

This results in the lines where there is a "N" in column P the value in column "A" is the only cell in that row which changes. So then I thought perhaps I need to specify the columns in a row (ie: columns A-AJ). So I changed it to apply to:

The result was the same as the initial attempt.

Can someone please make a recommendation of where I am going wrong and / or what to do to resolve this?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Joe4]

First, select the range/rows that you want to apply this to, like A3:AJ999.
Then, writer your formula as it applies to the first cell in your selection.
Note that if you want ALL the columns to look at the value in column P, you need to lock that reference in your formula, i.e.

=$P3="N"

Since you did not lock the row reference, Excel is smart enough to automatically adjust it for all the other rows.
So A3:AJ3 will look at the value in P3,
A4:AJ4 will look at the value in P4,
A5:AJ5 will look at the value in P5,
etc.