基于另一个单元格中颜色值的单元格颜色

Question

I'd ideally like to do this without VBA but if that's the only option that makes sense I guess I'll go with that :)

I have a set of cells that require formatting and then another set of cells that define my style, ie background color, font color. Is it possible to have Excel set the background color or a cell font based on instructions in a cell. If I can get even just the background color that would be great.

Cell
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Instructions

 Background Color  FFFFF
 Font Color        FFFFF

FYI I'm using Excel 2010 on Windows 7. Some background : I have tables that are styled so headers and certain rows take specific colours but for the next report iteration I'd like different colours assigned but want to automate that formatting.

Answer 1

Id suggest trying to use Conditional Formatting tools. They are pretty flexible