Bruce,

Select the cells in G2. This CF formula is for where the active (white)
cell of your selection is G2:

=AND(B2="C", G2="")
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Earl Kiosterud
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"BruceS" <BruceS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, everyone!
>
> I have a spreadsheet in which one column (B) contains an item "type", e.g.
> "C" or "H". In another column (G), I put a "required" sub-item. I am
> trying
> to conditionally format the cell in column G to do the following:
>
> If Col B = "C" and Col G is blank, make background of Col G red;
> Otherwise, make background of Col G normal.
>
> Using normal CF, I can make G's background red if Col B = "C" (formula
> is),
> or I can make it red if Col G is blank (cell value is), but can't seem to
> find the trick of combining the two different condition types with an
> "AND".
>
> I've looked through over a dozen posts here as well as checked out Debra
> Dangleish's site and cpearson.com. Can't find anything similar.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> BruceS