Excel: Conditional formatting of whole row based on column value does not work

Question

Suppose I have a simple dataset in Excel:

Column 1    Column 2
A           1
B           1
C           2
D           4
E           5
F           9

Now I want to mark the whole row with green color, if the value in column 2 is larger than 3. I apply a conditional format with the formula =$B2>3 applied on range =$A$1:$B$7 and it does not work:

One line where the value is 2 is marked green and one where it is 9 is not marked.

Now I want to mark the row, however only, if the value in column 2 is between 3 and 6. I apply the formula =AND(3<$B2;$B2<6) to the same range and it does not work:

Nothing is marked green.

Where is my mistake?

Update : I now also tried =AND(3<$B1;$B1<6) , but still nothing is marked green?

Answer 1

Change =$B2>3 to =$B1>3 which should work for you.

Your formula start range and apply start range must be same. Otherwise CF will highlight different cells.