I'm very new to Excel, so any help on the below would be much appreciated. I've done endless Google searching to try to find the answer to my question, but always get stuck with the random symbols in formulas.
I am using Excel 2010 and trying to perform conditional formatting.
I have a spreadsheet with columns A to G as a register of client queries I've received and when they have been responded to. As I receive new inquiries, I log them in this register to keep track of whom I've responded to and what I said. Column G is the date of my response to the client – this is entered after I've responded.
I am trying to format the spreadsheet so that, if I enter a new client inquiry in a new row, it automatically highlights the cell in column G until a date is entered. So basically it will act as a highlighter for all unanswered inquiries.
I understand that I need to click "Conditional Formatting" → "New Rule" → "Use a formula to determine which cells to format", but I am unsure what I need to put into the formula box.
Best Answer
To highlight the cells in column G that is empty, you can select column G and click 'Conditional Formatting' (assuming G1 is the active cell while the whole column G is selected) and use the formula
=ISBLANK(G1)in the formula box you have mentioned.Edit:
To highlight the cells in column G that is empty, and only if all of cells A to F in the same row are not empty, you amend the formula as
=AND(ISBLANK(G1), NOT(ISBLANK($A1)), NOT(ISBLANK($B1)), NOT(ISBLANK($C1)), NOT(ISBLANK($D1)), NOT(ISBLANK($E1)), NOT(ISBLANK($F1))).Scott's answer explains well how to highlight the cells if G is empty, and any of cells A to F in the same row is not empty.