Suppose I have the same data (as shown below), and I want to highlight all the rows where the quantity is more than 15. We can use the same method to also check for numeric values and highlight rows based on a condition. In the above example, we saw how to check for a name and highlight the entire row. Highlight Rows Based on a Number Criteria Related: Absolute, Relative, and Mixed references in Excel. This allows us to highlight the entire row by conditional formatting. So even when cell A2 is being checked for the formula, it will check C2, and when A3 is checked for the condition, it will check C3. By doing this, we have locked the column to always be C. Note that the trick here is to use a dollar sign ($) before the column alphabet ($C1). If it does, that cell gets highlighted, else it doesn’t.

So when it’s analyzing each cell in row A2, it will check whether the cell C2 has the name Bob or not. This will highlight all the rows where the name of the Sales Rep is ‘Bob’.Ĭlick here to download the Example file and follow along.Ĭonditional Formatting checks each cell for the condition we have specified, which is =$C2=”Bob”

In the dialog box that opens, set the color in which you want the row to get highlighted.

In the formula field, enter the following formula: =$C2=”Bob”.In the ‘New Formatting Rule’ dialog box, click on ‘Use a formula to determine which cells to format’.In the Styles group, click on Conditional Formatting.Select the entire dataset (A2:F17 in this example).

Suppose you have a dataset as shown below and you want to highlight all the records where the Sales Rep name is Bob. Highlight Rows Based on Drop Down Selection.Highlight Rows in Different Color Based on Multiple Conditions.Highlight Rows Based on a Multiple Criteria (AND/OR).Highlight Rows Based on a Number Criteria.Highlight Rows Based on a Text Criteria.

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