Conditional formatting based on another cell's value

Question

I\'m using Google Sheets for a daily dashboard. What I need is to change the background color of cell B5 based on the value of another cell - C5. If C5 is greater than 80%

Answer 1

I'm disappointed at how long it took to work this out.

I want to see which values in my range are outside standard deviation.

1. Add the standard deviation calc to a cell somewhere =STDEV(L3:L32)*2
2. Select the range to be highlighted, right click, conditional formatting
3. Pick Format Cells if Greater than
4. In the Value or Formula box type =$L$32 (whatever cell your stdev is in)

I couldn't work out how to put the STDEv inline. I tried many things with unexpected results.