I want a cell to change colour on 15 characters in Excel 2010

Question

I want to use a formula to change the colour of a cell if it is >= 15 characters in Excel 2010. I have tried the below but it did not work - does anyone have any ideas.

len(a1)>=15

Answer 1

Step by step:

• Select the cell
• Go to Home tab
• From Conditional Formatting choose Highlight Cell Rules > More Rules
• Select Use a formula to determine which cells to format
• Write =LEN($A1)>=15 as formula and select format (change colors etc.)