Conditional format rules for ipad

When using numbers on my Mac book pro I can set cells to automatically hi light once they reach a certain value such as 300 then the cell turns yellow. My problem comes when using numbers on my iPad which is what I'll usually be doing. For some reason that function does not sync via iCloud from numbers for Mac to numbers for the iPad. Evrything else works great but i have no way to check whether I've reached my parts quota at a glance. I have to go down the list and check all the values against the value i need. This is really a hassle when i know the function works in one version of numbers but not in another. Is there a way to sync that or is there an update in the works that will allow this function? Thanks in advance for the help.

As far as I know, conditional formatting isn't supported by Numbers for iOS.
Ask in the forum dedicated to iWork for iOS to check that.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mardi 10 janvier 2012
iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 12 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.2
For iWork's applications dedicated to iOS, go to :
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Creating a conditional format rule dependant on adjecent cell

Hi,
I am trying to create a conditional format rule that changes colour dependant if the number in the cell is equal to, greater than or less than the number in the adjacent cell. I get that I can create a cell reference in the format rule (cell c2 is "greater than B2" for example) - but when I try to copy paste the style down the column, it references the first cell (B2) always. It leads me to having to change the rule individually. Is there a quick way of creating a conditional format rule that is dependant in the adjacent cell, and copy it along the whole column. I hope I have made myself clear!!
Thanks

you can make a secondary table that performs the conditional test, shades a cell and is slide behind the original table to do the shading:
The formula in the table on the right (the "Shader Table") is:
B1=IF(Original :: B1>Original :: A1, "H", IF(Original :: B1<Original :: A1, "L", "E"))
B2=IF(Original :: C1>Original :: B1, "H", IF(Original :: C1<Original :: B1, "L", "E"))
select B1 and B2, then fill down
Now select the range of cells B1 thru C9 and apply conditional formatting as shown.
Select the table "Original" and make the fill for the table "None" so that it is see through. Now send the "Shader Table" to the back by using the menu item "Arrange > Send To Back" then slide the table under the "Original" Table

How do you copy a conditional format rule down successive rows in a Numbers spreadsheet, maintaining continuity between two values within the same row?

I have a spreadsheet with multiple rows and I want to copy a conditional format pattern on each row.
e.g.
Condition: row 1/col A (A1) = row 1/col BC (BC1). Conditional Format: Italic, Fill Green. Now I want to copy that to succeeding rows in my spreadsheet.
A2 = BC2 => Italic, Fill Green
A3 = BC3 => Italic, Fill Green ..... and so on.
I should be able to drag the format down through the spreadsheet, with the BC column increasing (2, 3, etc.) along with the A column, but that does not happen. if I try to drag the format through the spreadsheet, the BC column remains locked on BC1. You have to physically go into each iteration and change the BC column iteration. This is one major difference between Numbers and Excel. Never had the problem in Excel. I prefer Numbers, and that is why Im looking for help in this matter. Thanks much.
Eugene O'Connor

Hi Eugene,
This is the designed behaviour in Numbers. To register your desire for a change, Provide Numbers Feedback, using the link in the Numbers menu (in Numbers), or using the link in this message. Make a Feature Enhancement request.
There is a bit of shortcut in editing the cell references in the rules you have now:
Select all of the cells that will contain this rule.
Set up the rule for the first (A1), using BC1 as the cell reference.
Set up your table (hide columns) so that you can see both columns (A and BC ) while the Conditional format rules dialogue is open.
Starting at A2, use this loop:
- Click the BC1 reference in the rule to select it.
-Click on cell BCn in the table.
-Click the Edit button twice (toggles to Done, then back to Edit).
-Press the down arrow to move to the next cell.
-Repeat.
An even shorter method is to add a column before or after column A, use a formula to test if A1=BC1, etc. (which will increment as you fill down), then set the conditional rule for that columns cells to
Text is TRUE
Set default text colour to white, and conditional text colour to match the conditional fill colour. This will flag the cells matching your condition by colouring the adjacent cell (and hide the text by matching the background colour in both default and conditional modes).
Regards,
Barry

Paste Conditional Format rule wipes out existing formula... & vice versa.

As far as I can see there is no way to copy an already established conditional formatting rule onto a cell that already has a formula entered without wiping out the formula. And when you set the formatting rule first and then paste in the formula, it wipes out the conditional formatting rule.
Surely this is not too much to ask -- or am I missing something here?

Badunit, thank you for the info about Paste and Match Style. That works very nicely. Interestingly, I don't believe the specific use of the command for this purpose is documented in the manual, though it certainly should be.
Yvan, I have read everything the manual has to say about conditional formatting three or four times over, and yes, I know that the function is available via the Inspector as well as under the Format menu.
You are mistaken, however regarding copy and paste.
Conditional formatting is indeed transferrable via copy and paste, as you will find if you try it, and as is mentioned in the manual at the bottom of page 82. And pasting a function into a cell with conditional formatting deletes that formatting. So Badunit's suggestion is the only solution to avoid having to re-enter either the formula (very large) or the formatting rules. In this instance there were 14 rules in force, and re-entering them was tedious.
A little less rushing to judgement - and a little more courtesy, please.

Is it possible to save a set of conditional format rules in Numbers?

I am a doctor, and I have a call schedule that comes out each month (in an Excel spreadsheet). So, I want to open up the spreadsheet in Numbers and have each instance of my name (Smith) highlighted, by setting the background of the cell to a fluorescent yellow. This is easy to do by using conditional formatting, and it works well.
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Does anyone know if this is possible?

Create a table with the conditional rules then use Format > Advanced > Capture Table
Each time you will create a new table from the captured table it will have all the source's attributes.
Of course, you must save in the native Numbers format.
If you export as Excel most of these settings will be lost.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 9 janvier 2009 19:44:05)

Text Formatting Rules for sibling elements

How would you edit the EDD Text format rules of an element repeated several times after one sibling optional element? For example, you have the following elements, it's children, and their formats:
1. TASK (with Title)
   A. TOPIC (w/ Title)
      (1) SUBTASK (w/ Title)
      (2) SUBTASK (w/ Title)
      (3) SUBTASK (w/ Title)
Now, if the TOPIC Title elelment is not used, I need the Subtasks to appear as follows:
1. TASK (with Title)
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        C. SUBTASK (w/ Title)
How would you write that in the EDD? Which element would I edit? The Subtask? Or, the Title?
I've tried several combinations in the Text format rules and subrules using different context specifications like {notfirst}, {after Title}, {first}, etc., but I can't seem to make it work. Anyone familiar with the ATA iSPEC 2200 will recognize the formatting.
Wes

Wes,
My take on this problem is that the numbering has to be consistent across the entire manual, so that you don't change the numbering format of a child if the parent has no title. There are several reasons for this including:
The Topic is still there so it should be numbered, even if it has no title
Building cross reference formats that work becomes impossible if the autonumbers change according to the use of titles. This is because at some point you will need to cross ref to autonumbers with underscore which has to be coded into the cross ref format.
There are five different structures that can be considered legal for formatting purposes according to iSpec 2200. But it is essential that the chosen structures are used throughout an AMM, CMM or any other document. It is very easy to mix the structures in ways that can cause confusion later in the publication process. To avoid this I have used additional advisory formatting (e.g. bright red text) that only gets applied if you put the wrong structures together.
The ATA numbering system needs all the help it can get to remain manageable...
To give the topic an autonumber use a First Paragraph rule in the EDD. That will apply the autonumber to the title if it's there or any other element if it is missing.
I hope some of this helps
Ian

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Copying formatting from conditional formatting without the rules

I tend to use a lot of conditional formatting in my spreadsheets. Unfortunately, this leads to two problems:
1) I need more rules than are allowed (this seems to be related to the height of my screen... probably because the dialog box doesn't have a scrollbar)
2) This really, really slows things down, especially when combined with cell references, and particularly when I'm trying to rearrange cells (as far as I can see Numbers has a tendency to freeze and/or blank out the table I'm working on)
The easiest way I can see out of my predicament would be to somehow remove the conditional formatting rules while keeping the actual formatting... like copy-and-pasting values instead of the actual cells (with intact formulae). Is this possible? And if possible, how would I go about doing it?
Thanks in advance!

Up to 15 rules can be set for conditional formating of a cell.
1)
Considering that the usual purpose of conditional formatting is to flag 'unusual' values, and to make the 'condition' instantly visible and recognizable, that seems an over generous number. If a cell or group of cells on your table 'needs' more than 15 possible formats (the base format and 15 others based on rules), perhaps what's needed is a re-thinking of why that many are needed, and whether having that many formats adequately answers that 'why'.
If you really do need that many, you can set then, even if your display height is filled with fewer than that. Additional rules may be inserted after any existing rule, not just the last one. note, though, that the conditions are evaluated in the order the rules are listed, from top to bottom, and the format is set by the first rule encountered whose condition is met.
2)
Not surprising. Numbers recalculates the entire table each time a value in the table is changed. That calculation includes through each list of conditional formatting rules until a match is found (or the end of the list is reached), and includes setting the new format for each affected cell.
3)
Not that I'm aware of. The base format of the cell may be copied (option-command-C) and pasted elsewhere (option-command-V), and that pair of operations will include any conditional format rules that had been set for the original cell.
But conditional formatting is just that—a set of rules that applies a set of attributes to a cell when a specific condition is met. The applied format exists only when the condition is met, and can't be copied except by copying the rule—actually the whole set of rules for that cell—which puts you no further ahead.
3a) You could, of course, change the base format of the cell to match the colour and style applied by the conditional rule, then clear the conditional format rules for that cell or set of cells. That would 'remove the rules while keeping the (applied) formatting', and would leave the formulas intact. seems to me a game not worth the candle, though.
Regards,
Barry

Conditional format of one cell based on contents of another cell

Preparing list of appointments for visitors with time for each. There are four possible status categories for visitors based on projected activity and whether they have shown up or not. (A Group Scheduled, A Group Showed, B Group Scheduled, B Group Showed). I've created the calendar in iCal with different calendars, then accessed that through Bento iCal Events. Bento adds the column with name of calendar from iCal. Info is now in Numbers. (iWorks 09)
It shows Title, Start Date, Location, Calendar. I'm adding more fields using Lookup in Numbers drawing on entire data base brought over from Bento. I'm trying to get what info I need, but none that I don't, so the form isn't too crowded and busy.
I would like to be able to conditionally format the Time column based on the contents of the Calendar column. If successful, the color of the Time column would tell me all I need to know about visitor status, and I could hide the Calendar column and clean up the form.
I hope I've described it adequately. Can this be done, and if so, how?
Thanks! Have a great Thanksgiving!

jpcranch wrote:
Does it work to format two cells based on contents of one of them?
Conditional formatting of a cell depends on the contents of that individual cell, compared with another value, so no.
But you could use a two-table approach.
In general terms, the technique is to:
• make the original table's cell fill transparent,
• Add a second table to the sheet,
• Set the second table to copy the control values into a column of cells,
• Select the cells in that column of Table 2,
• Apply conditional formatting rules for each possible control value (see below)
• Set the text opacity for these cells to 0 (full transparency),
• Click on Table 2 in the sidebar, then use (shift and) the arrow keys to slide Table 2 behind Table 1 to align the highlighted cells with the cells to appear highlighted in Table 1.
• Set the colour of the cell borders on table 2 to none.
Using the information you gave regarding the calendar column, you'll need four rules for conditional formatting of this column. All are of the same format:
Text contains: A Group Scheduled
With the text changed to match each possible entry.
Regards,
Barry
BTW: by changing the width of the formatted column on table 2, you can appear to highlight as many columns as you wish on Table 1.

Copy/paste style doesn't work for conditional formatting with cell refs

I created a conditional format on a cell (B3) that compares its value to the value of a cell above it (B2).
If I 'Copy Style' and paste that style into the cell beside it (C3), the conditional formatting still refers to B2. If I want to do this for a whole row of cells then I have to manually edit the cell reference in the conditional formatting for each cell.
Anyone else seen this behaviour? It makes me think of going back to Excel.

Don't know if you'd consider this a 'workaround' or simply a way to do what the OP asks with as little fuss as possible.
I created a conditional format on a cell (B3) that compares its value to the value of a cell above it (B2).
If I 'Copy Style' and paste that style into the cell beside it (C3), the conditional formatting still refers to B2...
The desire is to have each cell in row 3 formatted depending on a comparison with the cell directly above it. If each comparison is the same (eg, Equal to), and the 'true' action for each is the same (eg. Fill with yellow), the following will save some effort:
Select the whole row, B3:G3 (or further).
Set the conditional format rule to
Equal to | B2
And the action for Fill yellow.
Click Done.
With the conditional formatting dialogue still open, select C3. You may also want to move the dialogue window up to just below row 3.
Repeat these three steps:
Click on the B2 reference in the dialogue.
Click on cell C2 in the table.
Press the right arrow to move the selection to D3.
Click on the B2 reference in the dialogue.
Click on cell D2 in the table.
Press the right arrow to move the selection to E3.
etc.
Regards,
Barry

Is it possible to conditional format more than one cell at a time?

I'd like to use conditional formatting to compare the value in cell E3 with the valve in cell D3. Then I'd like to copy the conditional formatting rule I made in cell E3 to cells E4 E5 E6 E7 ETC. I'd like the E4 to compare to D4. E5 to compare to D5 and so on. Is there an easy way to do this other than creating the rule for each cell?

Easier, yes. Instant, no.
Assuming the only thing that will change in the rule from one cell to the next is the reference to the comparison cell, do this:
Select all of the cells to be formatted.
Set the comparison rule to apply to D3.
At this point all the selected cells in column D will base their conditional formatting on a comparison with the value in E3. The next step is to edit the rules for D4, D5, etc.
Select cell D4.
In the rule statement, click on the cell reference E3 to select it, then click on the correct comparison cell for the selected cell (E4 for D4) to replace the reference.
Repeat with the next cell in column D.
Regards,
Barry

Excel 2013 Conditional Formatting problem

Hello!
A customer of mine has recently transitioned from Office 2007 to Office 365. This has been a major hurdle for them, and they're still experiencing some issues with things not behaving the way they used to. I'm not an Excel expert, so I have no idea if the
following issue is some sort of bug or compatibility issue, or if the user is just expecting behavior that isn't going to occur in this version of Excel.
She has a spreadsheet that she uses to schedule people. She uses conditional formatting to change the color of numbers based on their size. For example, everything less than 2 is red, everything between 2 and 4 is green, etc.
So, let's say she has two rows that have been formatted already. Then she adds a third row, inputs the data, then highlights the entire row and tries to format it. Once she adds her rules and clicks "Ok", that row is formatted...but rows 1 and
2 have now been cleared of all formatting. So basically, she can't format things on the go, as she puts them in, she has to format everything at the same time, every time.
It doesn't happen to every row that has already been formatted. If she has 20 rows that are formatted, sometimes only 2 of them will lose their formatting after she applies her rules to a new row. It's usually the rows that are right next to the new row.
I have very little experience with Excel conditional formatting, so I don't know what would cause this, or if there's a fix or workaround. Also, I'm not sure if I'm explaining it clearly. Any help or suggestions would be welcome!

Hi,
According to your description, this issue seems occur with the special spreadsheet. In my view, it might be more related to the file itself, such as incorrect range with conditional formatting rule, double rule with same cell range or other.
would you like to send the sample file to me ([email protected]) if possible? I want to test it.
Regards,
George Zhao
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Conditional Format Icon Sets not Displaying after SharePoint Update

We have a SharePoint 2013 site, and after we applied the update below, the conditional formatting for our primary dashboard no longer appears in Excel Services. We have three different versions of the file and all have been
affected. I have tried removing all of the conditional formatting, and re-applying it, but it does not work.
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Any thoughts on how to correct the issue??
SharePoint 2013 CU October.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2013/10/09/october-2013-cu-for-sharepoint-2010-has-been-released.aspx
Thanks, Barbara

Hi Barbara,
According to your description, my understanding is that the icon sets cannot be displayed in Excel files after installing SharePoint 2013 October CU.
The link to download the SharePoint 2013 October CU is not correct, it is October CU for SharePoint 2010.
I recommend to check the build number of your database to see if the right October CU for SharePoint 2013 is installed.
Here is the link of October CU for SharePoint 2013:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2013/10/26/october-2013-cu-for-sharepoint-2013-has-been-released.aspx
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