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    Solved: LOOK CELL IN COLUMN THEN HIGHLIGHT

    Hi,

    I would like to look for a specific date in Sheet1 column B then once found highlight in bold the cells next to it in column D and E.

    So if specific date is in Sheet1 Cell B10 I would like macro to highlight in bold Cells D10 and E10.

    Specific date to look for is found in Sheet2 Cell A13.

    Thanks,
    Nix

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    VBAX Guru mancubus's Avatar
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    hi.
    try the code with a copy o f your file.

    [VBA]
    Sub FindSpecDateFormat()

    Dim ws1 As Worksheet, ws2 As Worksheet
    Dim foundCell As Range
    Dim srcDate As Date
    Dim firstAddress As String

    Set ws1 = Worksheets("Sheet1")
    Set ws2 = Worksheets("Sheet2")
    srcDate = ws2.Range("A13").Value

    With ws1.Columns(2)
    'http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa195732(v=office.11).aspx
    On Error Resume Next
    Set foundCell = .Find(srcDate, LookIn:=xlFormulas)
    On Error GoTo 0
    If Not foundCell Is Nothing Then
    firstAddress = foundCell.Address
    Do
    foundCell.Offset(0, 2).Resize(1, 2).Font.Bold = True
    Set foundCell = .FindNext(foundCell)
    Loop While Not foundCell Is Nothing And foundCell.Address <> firstAddress
    End If
    End With

    End Sub
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    Great thanks!



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    you're wellcome.
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