Color rows if

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bob

Hi,
I am new to Excel and wish to know how.
I would like a row in a spreadsheet to become red if the letter "y" is
entered in a cell on that row.
Could someone pls tell me the formula,
many thanks.
Bob
 
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damorrison

highlite the area you want the conditional format

at the menus select format,
and then conditional formatting
select, cell value is
go to the next drop down box and select equal to
go to the next box and type in Y ,
press the format button
select patterns
select the color you want
press ok a couple of times
test it out
Dave
 
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