Variable conditional formatting?

I've set a rule in a cell and now want it to work on a column against a variable cell how do I do this?
Selling price
Price by time Average
£5.00
£3.50
£5.00
£3.50
The background of the cell changes red more, green less, but how do I now copy this down the column and change thecell that it referances?

/numbers does not have this functionality directly built in. You can get a similar result by making a separate table that performs the shading and is placed BEHIND your existing table. The existing table should be adjusted so it has not fill.
The new table (Let's call it a shader table) has calculations that are used as the conditional format information.
In this case... the shader table contains the formula:
A1=Data :: A2-Data :: B2
Here is how it looks once the shader table is placed behind the transparent data table:

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The count
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Post Author: RobotSlave
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Crystal 2008 12.0.0.549
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Thanks

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I tested using sample xml
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<ROW>
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<MONTH>Jan</MONTH>
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<ROW>
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<MONTH>Feb</MONTH>
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</ROW>
<ROW>
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<MONTH>Feb</MONTH>
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<ROW>
<DAY>Day 3</DAY>
<MONTH>Feb</MONTH>
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<ROW>
<DAY>Day 1</DAY>
<MONTH>Mar</MONTH>
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<ROW>
<DAY>Day 2</DAY>
<MONTH>Mar</MONTH>
<VAL>12</VAL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<DAY>Day 3</DAY>
<MONTH>Mar</MONTH>
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Thanks for the help but this does not give the desired effect.
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http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E10415_01/doc/bi.1013/e12187/T421739T481157.htm
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