Conditional formatting cell x numbers of columns to the left
I have a table of numbers (estimated usage of articles each month) and I want to color the cell 6 columns to the left of any cell with a negative number.
In this example I want to color April, since stock will be below 0 in October:
microsoft-excel conditional-formatting
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I have a table of numbers (estimated usage of articles each month) and I want to color the cell 6 columns to the left of any cell with a negative number.
In this example I want to color April, since stock will be below 0 in October:
microsoft-excel conditional-formatting
edited Jan 22 at 13:31
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
asked Jan 22 at 13:18
user2259310user2259310
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I have a table of numbers (estimated usage of articles each month) and I want to color the cell 6 columns to the left of any cell with a negative number.
In this example I want to color April, since stock will be below 0 in October:
microsoft-excel conditional-formatting
edited Jan 22 at 13:31
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
asked Jan 22 at 13:18
user2259310user2259310
11
I have a table of numbers (estimated usage of articles each month) and I want to color the cell 6 columns to the left of any cell with a negative number.
In this example I want to color April, since stock will be below 0 in October:
microsoft-excel conditional-formatting
microsoft-excel conditional-formatting
edited Jan 22 at 13:31
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
asked Jan 22 at 13:18
user2259310user2259310
11
edited Jan 22 at 13:31
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
asked Jan 22 at 13:18
user2259310user2259310
11
edited Jan 22 at 13:31
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
edited Jan 22 at 13:31
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
edited Jan 22 at 13:31
DavidPostill♦
106k26228263
106k26228263
asked Jan 22 at 13:18
user2259310user2259310
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asked Jan 22 at 13:18
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asked Jan 22 at 13:18
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I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:
indirect(address(row(c2), column(c2)+6, 1, 1), true) < 0
edited Jan 22 at 16:08
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I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:
indirect(address(row(c2), column(c2)+6, 1, 1), true) < 0
edited Jan 22 at 16:08
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I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:
indirect(address(row(c2), column(c2)+6, 1, 1), true) < 0
edited Jan 22 at 16:08
MarianD
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answered Jan 22 at 14:00
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I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:
indirect(address(row(c2), column(c2)+6, 1, 1), true) < 0
edited Jan 22 at 16:08
MarianD
1,4911718
answered Jan 22 at 14:00
user2259310user2259310
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I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:
indirect(address(row(c2), column(c2)+6, 1, 1), true) < 0
edited Jan 22 at 16:08
MarianD
1,4911718
answered Jan 22 at 14:00
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MarianD
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