[Solved] Conditional formatting for text

[Hagar Delest]

Hi guys,
I am stuck on a small problem.
I have to fill the cell color red if the cell contains specific text through conditional formatting in calc.
eg. if cell contains text "leave" the cell should have red fill
(also if the cell contains "half day leave" or "full day leave" the cell should have red fill (basically even if the cell contains the word leave with many other words it should have red fill)
Is it possible in calc?
This is same like the function of "text contains" in excel conditional formatting.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

[mriosv]

In conditional formatting, change "Field value is" to "Formula is", and use a formula like:
FIND("leave";A1;1) or
SEARCH("leave";A1;1)
the difference is SEARCH() support regular expressions, which lets make complex search expressions.

[chetan3125]

In conditional formatting, change "Field value is" to "Formula is", and use a formula like:
FIND("leave";A1;1) or
SEARCH("leave";A1;1)
the difference is SEARCH() support regular expressions, which lets make complex search expressions.

Thanks a lot mriosv
This solved my problem.

Just one small question-
If I apply this conditional formatting (yellow fill) in column J and suppose if cell J1 contains word "leave",
Is it possible to apply same formatting (yellow fill) in cell A1 to J1 (a part of row) if J1 contains word "leave"
Thanks !

[gerard24]

the difference is SEARCH() support regular expressions, which lets make complex search expressions.

An other difference between FIND and SEARCH : FIND is case sensitive, SEARCH not.

Is it possible to apply same formatting (yellow fill) in cell A1 to J1 (a part of row) if J1 contains word "leave"

Used mixed reference :
Select cells A1 to J1 and apply conditional formatting SEARCH("leave";$J1;1)

[Tiger-Heli]

LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 - WinXP

I'm trying to do something similar and not having much luck.

Basically, I want a cell to have green text if it has the value "Yes" and red text if it has the value "No". (And "Yes-other text" should not be changed).

I set up styles named Red and Green.

Then I selected all cells and went to Conditional Formatting under Format.

Initially, I set Condition 1 to Cell Value Equals 'Yes' and set Style to Green, and Condition 2 Cell Value Equals 'No" and Set Style to Red.
Based on this thread, I tried setting Condition 1 to Formula and "FIND("Yes",A1,1)", and then "SEARCH("Yes",A1,1)", but neither one worked for me.

Thanks!!!

[Villeroy]

Initially, I set Condition 1 to Cell Value Equals 'Yes'

"Yes", it's a formula expression which requires constant text in double-quotes.

[Tiger-Heli]

Awesome - Cell Value equals "Yes" worked fine. Formula equals Search or Find did not work, but "Yes" did what I was looking for.

Thank you!!!

[Villeroy]

Test any formula expressions in cells before you use them in conditional formats.
FIND("Yes";A1;1) returns error #VALUE! if "Yes" is not in A1.
ISNUMBER(FIND("Yes";A1;1)) should work.
ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Yes";A1;1)) is case-insensitive.