Conditional Format to highlight blank cell

You can simply add one more conditional format to treat the blank ""

Mangesh



"DaveMoore" <david.moore@uuplc.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I have this formula entered into a range of cells -
> =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B5,April,D$2,FALSE))=TRUE,"",VLOOKUP(B5,April,D$2,FALSE))
> This will produce either a number (negative or positive or zero) or a
> blank cell. (Is "" a blank cell?)
>
> I have conditionally formatted the range to change the font colour to
> white if the value is equal to zero (effectively hiding zero's) and
> wish to add an additional condition changing the cell colour to grey if
> it is a blank cell (or equal to "").
>
> How do I / Can I do this?
>
> The formula above works, but can it be improved?
>
> My grateful thanks to all who respond.
> Dave Moore
>

Thanks Mangesh.
In fact I had tried this (entering "" ) and excel changed the condition
to read =""""
After your post I retried entering ="" and now it works.
Thanks again
Dave Moore

Thanks Mangesh.
In fact I had tried this (entering "" ) and excel changed the condition
to read =""""
After your post I retried entering ="" and now it works.
Thanks again
Dave Moore