In the Conditional Formatting dialog, change "Cell Value Is" to
"Formula Is", and enter the following formula:

=LEN(GroupName)


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"Clark" wrote in message
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Thanks Steve,

I named the cell "GroupName" on the other worksheet. Can you
tell me the
formula to achieve the following?

If the cell "GroupName" has ANY text in it, I want a separate
worksheet cell
(call it A1) to fill in with a specific color. Does that make
sense?

"SteveG" wrote:


You can use Conditional Formatting, you just have to Name the
cell you
want it to refer to. Say in Sheet1!A1, you want to apply the
shading
if Sheet2!A1 = something. Go to InsertNameDefine. Type in
a name
for the reference to Sheet!2A1 ( I used Shade). Go to the
cell you
want to apply the CF to. Change the Cell Value is: option to
Formula
is then use something like:

=Shade<""

Click FormatPatterns and pick the color you want. Click OK
and OK.

Does that help?

Steve


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