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Find colored cells in a worksheet

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VTN - 08 Feb 2007 20:53 GMT
Hi,

I have a worksheet that has data in cells which has also been color coded.  
What I would like to do is find a way to search for, say, all of the yellow
cells in the worksheets and sum the numbers in those cells.  And then, of
course, do the same for all of the other colors in the worksheet.  

I thought I could perhaps use a sumif where the criteria is "if the cell is
shaded yellow" but I don't know how to set that criteria up.  Does anyone
have a way to do this?

Thanks!
Dave F - 08 Feb 2007 20:58 GMT
Excel doesn't have a built in way of doing this, however, you can use a macro
to do it: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm

Post back if you have questions.

Dave
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Herbert Seidenberg - 08 Feb 2007 21:55 GMT
Here is a quick way without VBA or formulas.
Edit > Find > clear "Find What" > Options > Format >
 Choose Format From Cell > select sample cell >
 Find All > scroll to end of list, press CTRL+SHIFT
 and click on the last entry of the list.
Right click Status Bar and check Sum.
Roger Govier - 08 Feb 2007 22:06 GMT
Hi Herbert

That's a very neat trick!
Thanks for sharing with us.

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Roger Govier

> Here is a quick way without VBA or formulas.
> Edit > Find > clear "Find What" > Options > Format >
>  Choose Format From Cell > select sample cell >
>  Find All > scroll to end of list, press CTRL+SHIFT
>  and click on the last entry of the list.
> Right click Status Bar and check Sum.
Gord Dibben - 08 Feb 2007 22:56 GMT
And one which I continually forget about<g>

Gord

>Hi Herbert
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>That's a very neat trick!
>Thanks for sharing with us.
Gord Dibben - 08 Feb 2007 22:14 GMT
Cannot be done without VBA

See Chip Pearson's site for code.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm

Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP

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Gord Dibben - 08 Feb 2007 22:56 GMT
Well............I see it can be done without VBA.

Thanks Herbert

Gord

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prc - 09 Feb 2007 07:41 GMT
Hi VTN!!!!

this stuff u can do it by using the most regular function in excel

procedure for the same:
1) ctrl+F
2) click on "option"  OR  "Alt+t"
3) click on "Format"
4) select "choose from the cell"(make sure nothing is there in column "find
what"
5)click on"find all"
6) press "ctrl + 1
7) close the "find box"
8) copy the selected records & paste it into the required excel sheet.
6)various links will be displayed below the find box, click on any of the link
7)

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