Conditional Formatting Not Working

[detweiler]

I'm working with three columns, S ( true / false ), T ( true / false ) and X ( empty or any numerical ).

The logic is to format X is any one of the following -

• if S is true and X equals zero... =AND($S2="true",$X2=0)
• if T is true and X equals zero... =AND($T2="true",$X2=0)
• if S is false and X is greater than zero... =AND($S2="false",$X2>0)
• if T is false and X is greater than zero... =AND($T2="false",$X2>0)

I selected, copied and pasted a sample size of data that matched the criteria into a new worksheet and then selected X2:X150 for the conditional formatting to effect and, seeing how easily this should've worked, nested each AND function within an OR. When there were no changes to any of the cells in column X, I then tried each of the statements individually with no results as well.

So, please tell me where I went wrong because I apparently / obviously do not see it.

Thanks.

 

[Joe4]

Are your values in columns S and T text entries of True/False, or boolean entries of True/False? It makes a difference!

Here is how you can find out quickly. Let's say that cell S2 is True. Enter this formula anywhere on your sheet.

=IF(S2=TRUE,"Boolean entry",IF(S2="true","Text entry","???"))

If it says they are Boolean, change all your formulas accordingly (no double-quotes around words TRUE/FALSE), i.e.

=AND($S2=TRUE,$X2=0)