how to highlight certain cells
For example, assume you have a simple table of data in B4:E11 and you want to highlight all rows that contain the text dog. Just select all data in the table and create a new conditional formatting rule that uses this formula: =SEARCH(dog,$B4&$C4&$D4&$E4) Note: with conditional formatting, it's important that the formula be entered relative to the active cell in the selection, which is assumed to be B4 in this case.