Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 16, 2019)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
When creating a worksheet in which information must be entered into specific cells, you may find it helpful to shade the cells if they are blank, but have the shading removed if something is entered into the cell. You can easily accomplish this task by using the conditional formatting feature in Excel. Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Conditional Formatting dialog box.
=ISBLANK(A1)
Figure 2. The Patterns tab of the Format Cells dialog box.
All the empty cells among those selected in step 1 should now appear shaded. When you enter something into one of the shaded cells, the shading should disappear.
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2020-07-29 14:26:10
Megan B
Is there a way to shade cells with values already in them, but have them go blank when the values are edited?
2020-04-05 13:10:41
Ashraf Hafez
Great
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