Question

I reviewed below answer. it’s really working for me when i used david’s answer. But i have slight different question.

I want to highlight A1,B1,C1,D1 and E1 when condition is true for A1. As per the below answer it highlighting only values in column A

Compare Two columns

Regards,
Ramana

Answer 1

Assuming you should highlight columns A:E in case A1 has “abc” value, you should do the following:

1. Select the desired range of cells (or perhaps entire columns A:E).
2. Add Conditional Formatting rule based on a formula, enter the following code: =IF($A1="abc",1,0)=1
3. Select desired highlight and apply rule.

You’re done. The above code will highlight ANY row for A:E columns in case corresponding cell in A has “abc”. Modify condition as you wish.

Sample file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/eyx2un2v5r5z25w/CondFormatA-E.xlsx