Excel Formulas to Highlight Entire Rows With Certain Condition!!
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Published: 2021-03-30 12:04:58

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Sometimes our spreadsheets can be massive to our readers. Especially when you have a large sheet of data with a lot of rows and columns. Formatting the cells based on certain conditions will create some attraction and easy to understand.  Let’s see the simple formula to **highlight the entire rows with certain conditions in Excel**. Get an official version of ** MS Excel**  from the following link: [https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel)

[![Highlight entire rows](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Highlight-entire-rows.png)](https://geekexcel.com/excel-formulas-to-highlight-entire-rows-with-certain-conditions/highlight-entire-rows/#main)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-22722">Highlight entire rows</figcaption>

## General Formula:

- You can use the below formula to highlight the entire rows in Excel.

**=([$A1](https://geekexcel.com/use-absolute-reference-in-excel-office-365-with-examples/)=criteria)**

## Syntax Explanations:

- **Absolute Reference ($)** – The **Absolute Reference ($)** is an actual fixed location in a worksheet.
- **A1** – It represents the input value from the worksheet.
- **Criteria** – It specifies the criteria value.
- **Comma symbol (,)** – It is a separator that helps to separate a list of values.
- **Parenthesis ()** – The main purpose of this symbol is to group the elements.

## Practical Example:

Refer to the below example image.

- Here we will enter the input values in **Column B** to **Column E**.
- Now we are going to highlight the entire row based on the value that is given in **Column G**.

![Input Ranges](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Input-Ranges-37.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-22723">Input Ranges</figcaption>

- So apply the above-given formula in the conditional formatting option.
- To know  **how to apply conditional formatting**  in Excel, just **refer to this article<u>:</u>[ How to Apply the Formula with Conditional Formatting In Excel?](https://geekexcel.com/how-to-apply-formula-with-conditional-formatting/)**
- Finally, we will get the result as shown below.

![Result](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Result-41.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-22720">Result</figcaption>

## Wind-Up:

From this short tutorial, you can get to know how to **highlight the entire rows in Excel**. Leave a **comment** or **reply** below – let me know what you think! Thank you for visiting our site!! To learn more, check out **[Geek Excel](https://geekexcel.com/) **and [**Excel Formulas**](https://geekexcel.com/excel-formula/) **!!**

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