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Old 07-03-2014, 09:00 AM
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I'm working on a spreadsheet with a large list of schools, and color coding them based upon the grades they serve. Currently, the conditional formatting rules use the name of the school ("Elementary" in the name is colored green," Middle School or Jr High is colored red, etc.). However, there are some schools with the name Elementary in it that actually serve grades Kindergarden through 8th grade, while the definition of elementary that I have been using is generally Kindergarden through 5th grade.

I want to color code these K-8 schools blue, and can do so manually, but only if the school name does not have "elementary" or "grade school" in it. Is there a formula that both pays attention to a "Grades Served" field that is in the spreadsheet and overrides the "contains Elementary" or "contains grade school" name rule?

Let me know if I need to provide any more information. Thanks!
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Old 07-03-2014, 10:07 AM
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You can only conditionally format a cell based on its value (or its value relative to another cell), not the value of another cell. It might be done with code, but I'll leave that to the experts.

So you cannot conditionally format the school name based on the grades served. However, you can conditionally format the school name as you say and then the grades served next to it. For those exceptions to your definition will have green names and blue grades served.
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