How do you highlight duplicates in a defined range using conditional formatting in Google Sheets? To highlight cells that are the same value in a range, select the range and use a custom formula in the conditional formatting area that uses relative referencing. The custom formula you will want to insert into the conditional formatting …
How can you extract a date from a string in a cell in Google Sheets using the powerful REGEXEXTRACT() function? The REGEXEXTRACT(text, regular_expression) function has two parameters with the first labelled as text being the string operated on and the second labelled as regular_expression being the regular expression (using RE2 syntax) to extract data from. …
How can you highlight an entire row based on a single condition in another column? To highlight an entire row based on a value in a column using conditional formatting requires using the INDIRECT() formula. A spreadsheet contains the following simple data where the first column contains a list of dates and the other columns …
What does $A$1 mean in a spreadsheet formula in Excel or Google Sheets? The syntax $A$1 is simply an absolute reference to cell A1. The reason why there are dollar signs prefixed in front of the column and row labels is to prevent the cell from changing its reference as the original cell is copied …
How do you use absolute cell references in a spreadsheet like Excel or Google Sheets? An absolute cell reference is a reference containing the common column letter and row number labels but around those labels are either one or two dollar signs. For example, the following references for cell A1 are all absolute references: $A$1, …
How do delete an attached Google App Script file and project from a Google Sheet? I recently wanted to copy a Google Sheet and as I did I noticed it had an attached Google App Script file. Here’s what that dialog window displayed: However, I didn’t want the adjoining scripts with the copy, in fact …
