Excel 2010 - highlight greater than 40 characters 2

[cjbrown815]

Hello,
I have a spreadsheet that has a columnB of text. I need to highlight any row with text greater than 40 characters (including spaces). Please help, thanks

-CJ

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[kjv1611]

I don't recall the exact formatting of using formulas inside of conditional formatting, but you could use conditional formatting, and say something like WHERE LEN(B2) > 40.

Assuming Excel 2010, since you didn't specify version.

Home tab
Conditional Formatting
Highlight Cells Rules
More Rules (at bottom of list)
User a formula to determine which cells to format (I think).

Another option would be to plug the formula in for Len(B2) into C2, and then base your formula on that field. Just depends upon how you want to look at it.

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[Andrzejek]

Have you tried Conditional Formatting in Excel?

Have fun.

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[SkipVought]

Here are the steps

1 select all the cells you want to apply Conditional Formatting

keep in mind that the Conditional Formatting formula will be with reference to the FIRST RWO of the selection applied.

2 enter the formula, (assuming that the first row of data is row 2)

=LEN($B2)>40

When that expression is TRUE, the selected format will be applied.