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  • I have a sheet with 4 fields spanning A3:D3
  • in D3 I have a conditional format that turns the cell yellow if it equals the word "no contact"

How can I get Cells A3:C3 to also turn yellow if this is the case, any help would be greatly appreciated

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Select the cells from A3 to D3 then click on the Conditional Formatting then on the New Rule...

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after that choose the option Use a formula to determine which cells to format and then write the following as the rule =$D3="no contact" click on the Format select the Yellow color and click Ok, and Ok again.

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After that you can click on Conditional Formatting and then on Manage Rules... to see your rule.

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Hope it helps.

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  • +1 for the detailed instructions, but surely the OP can just use the Format Painter?
    – David Gard
    Oct 30, 2012 at 12:41
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In your Conditional Formatting edit the Applies To range

$A$3:$D$3
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You can use the Format Painter, unless you have further rules in D3 that you do not want applied to A3:C3.

Select D3, click 'Format Painter' (in the 'Clipboard' group on the 'Home' tab) and then select A3:C3.

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  • I had already specified that in my answer, so no need for down vote :)
    – David Gard
    Jan 11, 2013 at 15:05

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