Excel - Conditional Formatting Special

Question

I have two columns as follows:

1     FALSE
2     TRUE
3     FALSE
4     FALSE
5     FALSE
6     TRUE
7     FALSE
8     FALSE

Whenever there is a TRUE in the second column, I want to Color the first column to a certain color (RED or GREEN). What conditional formatting setting is the way to go?

Answer 1

As Scott Craner said in the comment, create a rule with the formula =$B1 . It will work if you follow the instructions.

• the current cell must be in Row 1 when you create the rule
• OR, the formula must reference the same row as the current row
• AND, the column letter should be absolute (using a $ sign), while the row number MUST be relative (no $ sign).

The first two cells of the screenshot have the words typed into the cell, which turns them into booleans.

Rows 3 and 4 have start with an apostrophe, followed by the word, which makes the cell value text, not boolean

Rows 5 and 6 have a formula that returns the boolean