Comments on: format cell based on contents using VB

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:25:40 +0000

Hi Usmcjcr. You could use this code (this is not a formula, it is VBA code):

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If StrConv(Target.Value, vbUpperCase) = "X" Then
        Target.Interior.ColorIndex = 6
    End If
End Sub

By: usmcjcr

usmcjcr — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:09:44 +0000

I’m using Excel 2003. I’ve tried your advice – no luck. My situation: When I place an “x” into an empty cell I want that cell to turn Yellow. Following your suggestion here is how I wrote the formula:

=Cells(ActiveCell.Row, x).Interior.ColorIndex = 6 ‘Yellow

Jim
usmc_jcr@yahoo.com

By: voicetec

voicetec — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:57:15 +0000

hi thanks for this but it isn’t what i was looking for..this code seems to automatically colour the cells without any input?..is that how it should work?

What i want is for when i insert a code into each cell in a specified col the cell colur changes depending on the input.

e.g say all my codes will be in col b
now in row 1 col b i insert =2 (the cell color changes to red)
in row 2 col b i insert =12 (the cell color changes to blue) etc

the color is dependent on the range i.e 1 to 10 = red, 11 to 20 = blue etc

is this making sense?