Thanks Rob, Stuart & Angela.

=IF(ISBLANK(B3), “NR”, IF(NOT(ISNA(MATCH(B3, ‘CHECK DELTA’!$A$3:$A$50000, 0))), “D”, “P”))

I have one inventry related work sheet.

in that sheet my product code is in sheet1 & my query sheet is sheet 6
i need sheet 6 if B3=blank than a3=”NR” if B3= ‘sheet1!”product code” than a3=”D” and if b3 notequal to ‘sheet1!”product code” than a3=”P”
how can i do?
i also try this formula =IF(ISBLANK(B3),”NR”,IF(B3=’CHECK DELTA’!$A$3:$A$50000,”D”,”P”)) but is not working.

I have one inventry related work sheet.

in that sheet my product code is in sheet1 & my query sheet is sheet 6
i need sheet 6 if B3=blank than a3=”NR” if B3= ‘sheet1!”product code” than a3=”D” and if b3 notequal to ‘sheet1!”product code” than a3=”P”
how can i do?
i also try this formula =IF(ISBLANK(B3),”NR”,IF(B3=’CHECK DELTA’!$A$3:$A$50000,”D”,”P”)) but is not working.

1. Select only the columns that you want it to apply to
(For example,

=$A:$Z
)

2. In Office 2007, on the “Home” tab, select “Conditional FormattingNew Rule…”

3. Under “Select a Rule Type:” pick “Use a formula to determine which cells to format”

4. Apply the following formula:

=NOT(ISBLANK($A1))

(In my case I used column A, but use whatever column you are sure will have data in each row of records, don’t use a column that might have blank cells in it. Realize that the row won’t format until there is a value in the column that you choose).

5. Select the formatting
(E.g. font = Arial 10, border = outline, fill = grey)

6. (Optional) I like to hide the grid lines, giving a contrast between the cells with border outlines and a white, blank sheet – it adds a slick look to the file! Simply uncheck “Show Gridlines” under Excel OptionsAdvancedDisplay Options for this worksheet

VARIATION FOR SHEET WITH HEADER ROW
If you are using the first row as a header row, and want the formatting to apply only to rows below the first row, change the area you select and tweak the formula.

If you use the mouse to select the area, select all the columns, then Ctrl-click the first row to exclude it from the selection. If you want to type it in, it would look something like this:

=$A:$Z,$1:$1

tweak the formula to accommodate the offset of the header row:

=NOT(ISBLANK($A2))

Now you can apply whatever formatting you want to the first row, add filters and freeze the top row if desired.

Voila! Hope you’ve found this helpful

14 kilobytes for the whole sheet
34 megabytes for the partial sheet

Whole sheet formatting requires one set of settings for the whole sheet.
Whole row or column formatting requires one set of settings for the whole row or column.
Arbitrary range formatting requires one set of settings for each cell in the range.

It is this last category that helps to define the last cell, and which consumes the majority of formatting resources.