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Anonymous
Hello,
I need help in creating a formula (through conditional formatting maybe?) where, when a name/names are selected in the dropdown - those names in column E (source of the dropdown list data) will be highlighted/formatted.
The goal: So user can know not to chose that name again as it is taken...
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Anonymous
2024-08-20T21:49:48+00:00 -
HansV 462.6K Reputation points2024-08-20T21:32:17+00:00 Select E2:E10. E2 should be the active cell in the selection.
On the Home tab of the ribbon, click Conditional Formatting > New Rule...
Select 'Use a formula to determine which cells to format'.
Enter the formula=COUNTIF($B$2:$B$100, E2)
Click Format...
Activate the Fill tab.
Select yellow as fill color.
Click OK, then click OK again.