Excel “Insert shapes” Color change based on cell value

Question

Anyone knows how to Change the color of Shapes("Insert-> Shapes") based on the value of a cell. i could do this with the help of macro. but i now need the same to be done without the help of macro.

Kindly share the formula if anyone can do this.

thanks.

Answer 1

Example how to show the picture of a named range in a ActiveX image control:

1. Open Excel with a empty Worksheet Sheet1.
2. Write 0 in A1.
3. Create a named range using the Name Manager http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/define-and-use-names-in-formulas-HA010147120.aspx#BMmanage_names_by_using_the_name_manage

to do so:

• open Name Manager
• click New
• Name= Image
• Refers To= =INDEX(Sheet1!$E:$E,Sheet1!$A$1*4+1):INDEX(Sheet1!$E:$E,Sheet1!$A$1*4+4)
• OK
• close Name Manager

now:

1. Take a ActiveX Image Control from Developer tab
   ( http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/show-the-developer-tab-HA101819080.aspx ) Controls and put it in the Worksheet.
2. Overwrite the formula =EMBED(...) in the formula bar with =Image (the name of the named range). Now, if you change the value in Sheet1!A1 , you should see the cells E[n]:E[m] with n=A1*4+1 and m=A1*4+4 as picture in the Image Control. Try it by putting values in E1:E20 and change A1 .
3. Now, if you place different shapes over E1:E4, E5:E8, E9:E12,... you see them in the Image Control by changing the value in A1 .

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Edit April 2019:

This works using Excel 2007 . It does not work in later Excel versions because the ActiveX Image control does not more accept cell ranges as source.

Just tested in Excel 365 :

First do the same steps as above but then in last step

now:

1. Copy four cells of one column ( A1:A4 for example) into the clipboard. It is not important from where the cells are coming.
2. In the sheet where the image shall appear do Home -> Paste -> Linked Picture . A picture showing the copied cells is pasted. And the formula bar shows the formula =Sheet1!$A$1:$A$4 for example.
3. Overwrite the formula in the formula bar with =Image (the name of the named range). Now, if you change the value in Sheet1!A1 , you should see the cells E[n]:E[m] with n=A1*4+1 and m=A1*4+4 as picture in the pasted picture. Try it by putting values in E1:E20 and change A1 .
4. Now, if you place different shapes over E1:E4, E5:E8, E9:E12,... you see them in the pasted picture by changing the value in A1 .