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From: CW on 22 Apr 2010 03:35
Great, thanks Duke, that worked

"Duke Carey" wrote:

> If the values you want to compare ARE ALWAYS in D134 and E134, then you need
> the $ signs. Those tell Excel to anchor the comparison to those cells.
>
> If you are trying to use different compariosn values on each row, so that,
> fr instance, the D134 and E134 apply to row 134, but row 135 has different
> values in colmns D & E, then you would remove the $ that precedes the row
> number, like $D134
>
> Was that at all clear?
>
> "CW" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have conditional formatting set-up where a range of cells will change
> > colour based on values in another couple of cells.
> >
> > The rule was along the lines of:
> > Cell Value Is between =$D$134 and $E$134
> >
> > This worked fine however in order to allow me to copy the rule to other rows
> > I removed the '$' signs (based on a recommendation in another post).
> >
> > Unfortunately after copying the formula now no longer works. The rule is now:
> > Cell Value Is between =D134 and E134
> >
> > Can anyone help by explaining what the '$' does and how I might be able to
> > fix this as I need to be able to copy the rule to a several rows without
> > changing each time.
> >
> > Thanks
> > CW
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