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Richard
Richard

Reputation: 6116

Google Sheets Macro Color Cells

Is there a way to write a continuously running script in google sheets where it scans the sheet to find any cell with a certain text and the color that and the adjacent cell a certain color?

So here's my sheet

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| ColA            | ColB           |
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| CellA1          | CellB1         |
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| CellA2          | CellB2         |
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| CellA3          | CellB3         |
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I want to find the row with ColA = 'CellA1' and then color both that cell and the adjacent cell, CellB1, a particular color.

And I want to make it continous so that when I insert a new row and type in CellA1 for ColA then it'll automatically color it a certain color after I hit enter.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3333

Answers (1)

Karl_S
Karl_S

Reputation: 3564

Use the built in Conditional Formatting found in the Formatting menu. You will apply it to range A2:B and set format cells if... to Custom formula Is which is at the bottom of the list. The formula you enter is =$A2="CellA1" Then select the color and other formatting you may like. enter image description here

Upvotes: 2

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