Hi
I have a spreadsheet with about 1000 rows which contains the results of a trading marketplace (bidder details, buy bids, sell offers, prices, units bought/sold etc).
I am trying to format 1 column (bid type) with lots of different colours depending on particular characteristics of the bidder and the outcomes of their bid, ie. if they were a priority member but were successful (green), priority member but unsuccessful (red), non-priority member... etc etc.
So I have set up a whole set of conditional formatting rules, all in a similar format eg: =AND($B2="TRUE",$C2="FALSE",$E2>0)
The problem is, any rules that involve recognising text ("TRUE" or "FALSE") are just not working. I've tried taking out the text references (eg. just highlight all successful bids green) and they work fine. I've also tried testing other formulas based on the same text eg. =IF($B2="TRUE",1,0) - they don't work either.
Any ideas on why this would be happening? I've tried switching the cell formatting from "General" to "Text", which didn't make any difference. There are no spaces before or after the text either.
Many thanks
I have a spreadsheet with about 1000 rows which contains the results of a trading marketplace (bidder details, buy bids, sell offers, prices, units bought/sold etc).
I am trying to format 1 column (bid type) with lots of different colours depending on particular characteristics of the bidder and the outcomes of their bid, ie. if they were a priority member but were successful (green), priority member but unsuccessful (red), non-priority member... etc etc.
So I have set up a whole set of conditional formatting rules, all in a similar format eg: =AND($B2="TRUE",$C2="FALSE",$E2>0)
The problem is, any rules that involve recognising text ("TRUE" or "FALSE") are just not working. I've tried taking out the text references (eg. just highlight all successful bids green) and they work fine. I've also tried testing other formulas based on the same text eg. =IF($B2="TRUE",1,0) - they don't work either.
Any ideas on why this would be happening? I've tried switching the cell formatting from "General" to "Text", which didn't make any difference. There are no spaces before or after the text either.
Many thanks