Excel - Conditional Formatting fo When Any Cell in UsedRange Changes Value

[Eitel13]

Also posted here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions...g-fo-when-any-cell-in-usedrange-changes-value

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I have to send workbooks off to managers in different departments and in each workbook, the managers might amend/change certain fields. The fields are not necessarily the same all the time, for example:

Manager 1 - Changes 3 fields in column A, 2 fields in column M and nothing on the rest of the sheet

Manager 2 - Changes 1 field in columns C - F, 5 fields in column J and 7 fields in column Y

Manager 3 - Changes 2 fields in column A, 4 fields in column B and nothing on the rest of the sheet

So I have a macro I am using in another workbook that will compare an 'original' version of a workbook with an 'updated' version but it only looks for differences in one specific column - so perhaps I could modify that macro to accomplish this task.

Here is the link to the macro I am referring to:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions...ls-from-column-a-and-b-and-paste-in-new-sheet

I was however wondering, is there no kind of conditional formatting rule that can be applied to the workbooks - BEFORE they are sent to the managers - that highlights a row when a value in that row has been changed and changes the colour of the text in that cell? If there is even something like that which exists...

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

I wouldn’t use another workbook.

COPY the SHEET and name it Review, for instance.

Then HIDE the original sheet.

Given that the original (hidden) sheet name is Original, in the Review sheet:

Select the Used Range. The TOP LEFT cell in my selection is A2.

Open the CF Wizard

Use a formula to determine which cell to format
[tt]
=A2<>Original!A2
[/tt]
...and select a FORMAT.

Skip,
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[Eitel13]

Hi Skip,

Thank you for the reply. It is working perfectly

 

[combo]

You may also use built-in excel funcionality for tracking changes:

https://support.office.com/en-us/ar...workbook-22aea671-cac7-4fa3-845d-eeb23725bd15

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