John asked if it is possible to sort or filter based on the conditional formatting in a range of cells. He has a list of values in column A and a list in column B. He created a conditional format that makes any values in column A that are also in column B appear as bold red, and he wanted to sort or filter by that result.
The short answer is that no, you cannot sort by conditional formatting results—at least not without updating to Excel 2007 or a later version of the program. Doing so is much more complex than one might think, as shown at this page on Chip Pearson's Web site:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CFColors.htm
The easiest answer is to simply recreate your conditional formula in column C, to the right of your two columns of data. The formula should return True or False, depending on whether the value in column A is found somewhere in column B. With the True/False value in column C, you can filter or sort based on what is there.
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2015-09-12 06:11:52
kashif
I want inner store stock report with many order
I want date wise speared first January then February at last December
Kindly tell me how to change it
2014-09-03 19:51:09
Christina D
Try the Contextures website for information on formatting entire row based on one cell.
http://www.contextures.com/xlCondFormat02.html
2014-08-27 07:06:02
Vladimir
I am using MS Excel 2010. When sorting a table with Conditionally Formatted cells the conditional formatting stays with the original location (C7 before and after sorting for example) and doesn't move with the whole row. Is there a solution to this problem?
Thanks
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