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Excel - conditional formatting in Shapes?

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Mar 15, 202621713 views
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For a long time, I didn't think it was possible to have a Shape (e.g., Text Box) have a value set by formula, but it turns out you can. Similarly, it appears that you can't apply conditional formatting to Shapes (the option is grayed out in the Ribbon in Excel 2007); is there some secret way to wor…

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No, but you can fake it You can fake it but it takes some setup. It will work unless you need really big shapes. Here are the steps for creating n different conditional format shapes in Excel 2010. tl;dr Use 1 extra cell and 1 text box for every con…

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