Excel 2016中的条件格式减去空白单元格

Question

I'm trying to get a column to highlight cells with duplicate values, but NOT the blank cells. I have seen a lot of information for older Excel programs, but I'm working specifically with Excel 2016 .

I have tried =COUNTIF, but I just can't seem to get it to work without error. I know how to get Excel 2016 to highlight duplicates, just not while also excluding blank cells.

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions you have!

Answer 1

There is a really simple solution to this that doesn't involve formulas. Create two conditional formatting rules over the specific range, in the following order:

1. Cell Contains a blank value -> no formatting -> stop if true
2. Duplicate value -> custom formatting