Question

I have one conditional formula which works well. Now, I want to use a conditional formatting for two conditions (using the same cell + additional one) and I’ve made a formula based on online tutorials, but it does not work. This is how it looks like

AND($Sheet1.$I1="John Doe";$Sheet1.$C1="Done")=TRUE()

and in the Cell Style I chose my own formatting.

The formula with one parameter looks like this.

AND($Sheet1.$I1="John Doe")=TRUE()

And it is the only one that works.

Can I have two formulas like this where one check for one cell, and the other one for the same cell + additional cell? I want to apply two different formatting based on the cells values.

EDIT

The problem is in the fact that 2 formulas occur in the same row. A formula with 2 conditional parameters work, but it DOES NOT work when it’s in the same row.

Answer 1

check Control Panel > Region and Language > Formats > Additional settings… > List separator: option wheter it is ; or , and use that symbol in your formulas…

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Edit: you might need to change the order of conditional formats:

• for 2003 or older version of Excel + for 2007 when you checked the Stop option: make sure the most restrictive condition is first
• for 2007 with multiple conditional formats: make sure the order of all applied formats that replace each other is the way you want