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Macro for conditional formating in Excel

Jean-Christophe GALLAND
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Hello experts,

I have in a excel file:

-      A target value in C1
-      A table A4:D406
-      values for each row in column D. These values are sorted from lowest to greatest (so D4<D5<D6…)

I would like a macro that formats all the data in the range ‘An:Dn’ in ‘bold red’, with n being the row number where Dn<=C1

Thanks
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Roy CoxGroup Finance Manager

Commented:
Why use VBA? Conditional Formatting should do that without VBA
Jean-Christophe GALLANDR&D Director

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Commented:

It will help me learn VBScript and I can copy and paste in other files

Tom FarrarConsultant

Commented:
I believe you can do this with Conditional Formatting.  Selecting Column D and using conditional formatting to look for cells <= C1.  The only disadvantage is the highlighting is only column D.  So if it is important to highlight A:D maybe this won't work.
Tom FarrarConsultant

Commented:
Sorry my comment didn't see your responses.
Roy CoxGroup Finance Manager

Commented:
VBScript is not the same as VBA. I see no point in VBA for this, you can copy and paste formats to another workbook.

By all means learn VBA, but don't use it pointlessly.
Jean-Christophe GALLANDR&D Director

Author

Commented:

If you don't want to respect my request, your choice... Always amazed that people spend more time challenging customers requests than addressing them. I know exactly what I want and I don't need to further justify. And yes, maybe VBA is the correct term

Tom FarrarConsultant

Commented:
Sure.  Think most of the experts comments are to help clarify the request.  Sometimes a question is not completely clear, or perhaps the author is not aware of other alternatives.  In your case you clear about what you want.
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Commented:
You can use this macro. Change the Const value in line 3 to match your table's name

Sub CheckAgainstC1()

Const TABLE_NAME = "Table1"
Dim lngLastRow As Long
Dim lngRow As Long
Dim tbl As ListObject

Set tbl = ActiveSheet.ListObjects(TABLE_NAME)
lngLastRow = tbl.Range.Rows.Count + 1

For lngRow = 5 To lngLastRow
    If Cells(lngRow, "D") <= Range("C1") Then
        Cells(lngRow, "D").Font.Bold = True
        Cells(lngRow, "D").Font.Color = vbRed
    End If
Next

End Sub

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Martin Liss"There is still no cure for the common birthday." ~John Glenn
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