Thanks, i changed your code little bit and it worked
Sub create_conditional_formatting()
Range("b1").Select
With Sheet1
With .Range("B1:E5")
'.FormatConditions.Add xlExpression, Formula1:= _
'"=COUNTIF($A$1:$A$5,B1)=0"
.FormatConditions.Add xlExpression, Formula1:= _
"=IF(trim($A1)=trim(B1),TRUE,FALSE)=True "
.FormatConditions(1).Interior.ColorIndex = 4
.FormatConditions.Add xlExpression, Formula1:= _
"=IF(trim($A1)=trim(B1),TRUE,FALSE)=False"
.FormatConditions(2).Interior.ColorIndex = 3
End With
End With
End Sub
On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 12:36:51 PM UTC-5, ha...@mst.edu wrote:
> Basically I want to compare a cell to a reference cell(range A) in the
> same sheet and highlight that cell
> for example
>
> A B C D
> Home Home Hotel Hotel
> Hotel Airport Hotel Suite
> Airport Home Suite Airport
> Apartment Apartment Apartment Hotel
> Suite Apartment Suite Suite
> After running the macro, if the cell from range b,c,d matches value from
> A. Then the background color becomes green, if it doesn't match. It gets Red
>
> Please help, Thanks
>
>
>
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