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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> 42*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151385" role="paragraph" l10n="U">If you would like to apply a formula to all cells in a selected area, you can use the <item type="menuitem">Find & Replace</item> dialog.</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 45*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149456" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select all the desired cells.</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 48*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148797" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the menu command <emph>Edit - Find & Replace</emph>.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 51*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150767" role="listitem" l10n="U">For the <item type="menuitem">Search for</item> term, enter: .<item type="literal">*</item> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 53*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153770" role="listitem" l10n="U">".*" is a regular expression that designates the contents of the current cell.</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 56*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153143" role="listitem" l10n="U">Enter the following formula in the <item type="menuitem">Replace with</item> field: <item type="literal">=&+STYLE(IF(CURRENT()>3;"Red";"Green"))</item> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 58*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146975" role="listitem" l10n="U">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> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 61*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149262" role="listitem" l10n="U">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> 62*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3144767" role="listitem" l10n="U">All cells with contents that were included in the selection are now highlighted.</paragraph> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 65*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147127" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click <item type="menuitem">Replace all</item>.</paragraph> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_conditional.xhp#cellstyle_conditional"/> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_minusvalue.xhp#cellstyle_minusvalue"/> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 74