Excel Formatting Question

Does anyone know how to have Excel automatically format cells depending on the contents being values, formulas, off-worksheet references (i.e. blue / black / green) without using a paid plug-in? I am trying to get this to work with conditional formatting but am having no luck. Thanks.

4 Comments
 

F5 go to special.

  1. Go to constant then just change color to blue
  2. Go to special formulas black
  3. Go to special formulas on out projections green (guessing you have the links in certain columns) then just horizontal highlight the margins/basic calls to black.
 
Best Response

Test this in a separate workbook first. Not sure how you want to select the greens. In case you want to choose different colors you can switch the code to .color = rgb(x, y, z)

Here's my fav link to color codes. http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/excel/colors.htm

Sub FontColor() ' ' For each worksheet in active workbook ' Select cells containing formulas, then constants ' Color these cells Black and Blue, respectively '

Dim ws As Worksheet Application.ScreenUpdating = False On Error Resume Next For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets ws.Activate Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas, 23).Select With Selection.Font .ColorIndex = 1 End With Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, 23).Select With Selection.Font .ColorIndex = 5 End With Next ws Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub

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