根据单元格值添加x个格式化单元格的数量

Question

I would like to format x number of rows based on a cell's value (it gets its value from vLookup). For example if I in cell A1 enter value 3 then I want cell C1, C2 and C3 to get the following values..

C1 = "Enter text for row 1"
C2 = "Enter text for row 2"
C3 = "Enter text for row 3"

And so on ..

Can this be done using formulas or only by VBA?

Answer 1

In C1 enter:

=IF(ROW()>$A$1,"",IF($A$1=0,"","Enter text for row " & ROW()))

and copy down as far as the maximum possible value in A1

Answer 2

For the green highlighting, use conditional formatting.

Select cell D1 for example as the first cell to right of your "Enter with text" column.

Home --> conditional formatting --> New Rule -->Use a formula to determine which cells to format (bottom option).

In Formula bar type =C1<>""

Don't use anchors (any $'s) on C1!

Then use the format button, bottom right of existing box, Fill tab, select preferred green colour. OK then OK.

Copy cell and drag down to more than cover maximum expected returns of "Enter with text"

Hope that helps