I have used conditional formatting to stripe a large worksheet to make it
easier to read. I would like to color specific cells differently than the
striping. How can I override the conditional formatting to change the color
of individual cells?

Sure thing! Here's how you can override the conditional formatting to change the color of individual cells:

1. Select the cell that you want to modify the color of.
2. Go to the "Home" tab in the ribbon.
3. Click on the "Conditional Formatting" dropdown menu.
4. Select "Clear Rules" and then "Clear Rules from Selected Cells".
5. This will remove the conditional formatting from the selected cell, allowing you to manually format it.
6. Now, you can use the "Fill Color" button in the "Font" section of the "Home" tab to change the color of the cell to whatever you want.
7. If you want to reapply the conditional formatting to the cell later, simply select the cell and click on the "Conditional Formatting" dropdown menu again, then choose the formatting you want to apply.

That's it! You can now override the conditional formatting to modify the color of individual cells.

Make the conditional formatting not include them?

Is there somethign about the cells that is the same or similar?

"kevpandrews" wrote:

I have used conditional formatting to stripe a large worksheet to make it
easier to read. I would like to color specific cells differently than the
striping. How can I override the conditional formatting to change the color
of individual cells?

I don't think you can overwrite conditional formatting...

Conditional formats have priority over formats that you apply directly to a
cell by using the Cells command (Format menu) or a Formatting toolbar button.

You may select the cells you want to format differently and remove
conditional formatting to them, if possible according to the logic you have
used...

"kevpandrews" wrote:

I have used conditional formatting to stripe a large worksheet to make it
easier to read. I would like to color specific cells differently than the
striping. How can I override the conditional formatting to change the color
of individual cells?

Please note, conditional formatting looks at each case in order. So, if case
1 applies to all of your cells, it will never look at the 2nd case. Start
with the most restrictive case first.

"kevpandrews" wrote:

I have used conditional formatting to stripe a large worksheet to make it
easier to read. I would like to color specific cells differently than the
striping. How can I override the conditional formatting to change the color
of individual cells?