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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> 51 <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/> 52 <item type="menuitem">Find & Replace</item> dialog.</paragraph> 53 <list type="ordered"> 54 <listitem> 55 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149456" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="16">Select all the desired cells.</paragraph> 56 </listitem> 57 <listitem> 58 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148797" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="17">Select the menu command <emph>Edit - Find & Replace</emph>.</paragraph> 59 </listitem> 60 <listitem> 61 <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> 62 </paragraph> 63 <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> 64 </listitem> 65 <listitem> 66 <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> 67 </paragraph> 68 <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> 69 </listitem> 70 <listitem> 71 <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> 72 <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> 73 </listitem> 74 <listitem> 75 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147127" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="23">Click<emph/> 76 <item type="menuitem">Replace all</item>.</paragraph> 77 </listitem> 78 </list> 79 <section id="relatedtopics"> 80 <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_conditional.xhp#cellstyle_conditional"/> 81 <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_minusvalue.xhp#cellstyle_minusvalue"/> 82 </section> 83 </body> 84</helpdocument>