Conditional formatting another cell based on text in a range

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KB2383 Posts 1 Registration date Wednesday June 30, 2021 Status Member Last seen June 30, 2021 - Jun 30, 2021 at 02:58 PM
TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 - Jul 1, 2021 at 12:20 PM
Hi

I have a spreadsheet where columns A,B,C contain text (a subject studied at school) e.g. Maths, Science, Geography. I have 170 rows of this data, all a different combination of 3 choices from 14 school subjects. I need the cell next to these lists (Column D) to change colour if columns A,B,C contain a certain subject E.g. Column D changes if they have chosen Maths, Column E changes if they have chosen Science etc.

I've found a formula on here which works for one row at a time but it won't work for multiple rows unless I type it in each time. The formula I'm using is =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Maths",A2:C2))=True

Can anyone help?

TIA!

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TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 552
Jul 1, 2021 at 12:20 PM
Hi KB,

Make sure you have a dollar symbol in front of the column letters in your formula and you have set the right range in the 'Applied range' box.

Best regards,
Trowa
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