Can you format text within a formula?

[bobbiejo1104]

I would like to format text within a formula. I have a formula that calculates variances and want to bold and change the color of the text displaying the number if the value of the number is more than $5,000.


My formula is:

="Results indicate that we are "&if(A5<0,"unfavorable","favorable")&" to budget by $"&TEXT(A5,"#,##0")&"."


If the value in A5 is larger than $5,000, I would like to have the $5,000 be displayed in green bold, but leave the rest of the sentence in black.


Thank you!

 

[SirJB7]

Hi, bobbiejo1104!


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And about this question in particular...


Even if formats like this:

[Green][>5000]#,##0;[<=5000]#.##0

can be used for formatting cells, they can't be used in expressions as they apply to the font color attribute of the cell and not to a component of a formula.


You can check that applying that format to cell A5 and changing your TEXT() part of the formula by this:

TEXT(A5,"[Green][>5000]#,##0;[<=5000]#.##0")


General info:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/excel-help/create-a-custom-number-format-HP010342372.aspx


Regards!

 

[Hui]

Unfortunately you can only use one color modifier in a Custom Format


Something like:

[Black][>5000]"Results are greater than budget by "[Green]#,##0;[Black][<=5000]"Results are less than budget by "[Red]#.##0

isn't allowed


Instead of trying to do it all in one cell, I would look at using adjacent cells to do what you want,

 

[Debraj]

Hi, bobbiejo1104!


First of all welcome to Chandoo's website Excel forums.


In somehow.. it can be achievable by VBA.. in case if you want to go with VBA..

and need to check data(i your case A5) was inputted by manually then..


Right Click on the SheetName(in which sheet you want to apply color format & Check data) and select View Code

in the blank area.. just paste the below code..

[pre]

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address = "$A$5" Then
[a1] = _
"Results indicate that we are " & _
IIf(Target.Value > 0, "Favorable", "UnFavrble") & _
" to budget by " & Format(Target.Value, "$ #,##0") & "."

With [a1].Characters(Start:=53, Length:=Len(Format(Target.Value, "$ #,##0"))).Font
If Target.Value > 5000 Then
.Color = RGB(0, 0, 255)
.FontStyle = "Bold"
Else
.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0)
.FontStyle = "Regular"
End If
End With
End If
End Sub

[/pre]

Please let us know.. if it works for you..


Regards,

Deb