Help Using Formulas in Conditional Formatting

[Still Learning]

I am trying to make one column gray based on the whether or not the value in
the previous column =Y. Do I use "formula is" in Conditional Formatting, and
what then would the formula be?

 

[Bob Phillips]

Assuming the cell is B1,

=A1="Y"

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HTH

RP
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[Still Learning]

Bob,

Thanks a million! I wasn't using the quotation marks. So simple!!