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38 <topic id=
"textscalcguidecellstyle_by_formulaxml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
39 <title xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"tit">Assigning Formats by Formula
</title>
40 <filename>/text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_by_formula.xhp
</filename>
44 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3145673"><bookmark_value>formats; assigning by formulas
</bookmark_value>
45 <bookmark_value>cell formats; assigning by formulas
</bookmark_value>
46 <bookmark_value>STYLE function example
</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>cell styles;assigning by formulas
</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark_value>formulas;assigning cell formats
</bookmark_value>
49 </bookmark><comment>mw deleted
"applying;"</comment>
50 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id3145673" role=
"heading" level=
"1" l10n=
"U"
51 oldref=
"13"><variable id=
"cellstyle_by_formula"><link href=
"text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_by_formula.xhp" name=
"Assigning Formats by Formula">Assigning Formats by Formula
</link>
52 </variable></paragraph>
53 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3150275" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"14">The STYLE() function can be added to an existing formula in a cell. For example, together with the CURRENT function, you can color a cell depending on its value. The formula =...+STYLE(IF(CURRENT()
>3;
"Red";
"Green")) applies the cell style
"Red" to cells if the value is greater than
3, otherwise the cell style
"Green" is applied.
</paragraph>
54 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3151385" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"15">If you would like to apply a formula to all cells in a selected area, you can use the
<emph/>
55 <item type=
"menuitem">Find
& Replace
</item> dialog.
</paragraph>
58 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3149456" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"16">Select all the desired cells.
</paragraph>
61 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3148797" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"17">Select the menu command
<emph>Edit - Find
& Replace
</emph>.
</paragraph>
64 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3150767" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"18">For the
<item type=
"menuitem">Search for
</item> term, enter: .
<item type=
"literal">*
</item>
66 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3153770" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"19">".*" is a regular expression that designates the contents of the current cell.
</paragraph>
69 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3153143" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"20">Enter the following formula in the
<item type=
"menuitem">Replace with
</item> field:
<item type=
"literal">=
&+STYLE(IF(CURRENT()
>3;
"Red";
"Green"))
</item>
71 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3146975" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"21">The
"&" symbol designates the current contents of the
<emph>Search for
</emph> field. The line must begin with an equal sign, since it is a formula. It is assumed that the cell styles
"Red" and
"Green" already exist.
</paragraph>
74 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3149262" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"22">Mark the fields
<link href=
"text/shared/01/02100000.xhp" name=
"Regular expressions"><emph>Regular expressions
</emph></link> and
<emph>Current selection only
</emph>. Click
<emph>Find All
</emph>.
</paragraph>
75 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3144767" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"24">All cells with contents that were included in the selection are now highlighted.
</paragraph>
78 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3147127" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"23">Click
<emph/>
79 <item type=
"menuitem">Replace all
</item>.
</paragraph>
82 <section id=
"relatedtopics">
83 <embed href=
"text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_conditional.xhp#cellstyle_conditional"/>
84 <embed href=
"text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_minusvalue.xhp#cellstyle_minusvalue"/>