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How to conditional format cells if containing #N/A in Excel?

Author Siluvia Last modified

With the conditional formatting function, you can quickly format all cells that contain #N/A in Excel. This tutorial will show you how to achieve it in details.

Conditional format cells containing #N/A in Excel

Conditional format cells containing #N/A in Excel

Please do as follows to format cells which containing #N/A with conditional formatting function.

1. Select the range containing the #N/A cells you want to format.

2. Then click Conditional Formatting > New Rule under Home tab. See screenshot:

A screenshot showing Conditional Formatting option in Excel

3. In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, please do as follows.

1). Select Use a formula to determine which cells to format in the Select a Rule Type box;
2). Copy and type formula =ISNA(A1) into the Format values where this formula is true box;
Note: A1 in the formula is the beginning cell of my selected cell range, you need to change it to meet your selection. If your selected range is A2:D10, the A1 should be changed to A2 in the formula.
3). Click the Format button. See screenshot:

A screenshot of New Formatting Rule dialog with formula for #N/A cells

4. In the Format Cells dialog box, specify format for the #N/A cells, and then click the OK button.

5. When it returns to the New Formatting Rule dialog box, click the OK button.

You can see all cells which contain #N/A are formatted with the format you specified above.

A screenshot showing formatted cells in Excel that contain #N/A values

Replace #N/A error value or all error values with zero, custom message or cell reference:

Kutools for Excel's Error Condition Wizard utility can quickly display the error values with 0 (zero), a custom message, blank cells, cell reference, etc. as the below demo shown. Download tand try it now!

A screenshot showing Kutools Error Condition Wizard for handling #N/A and other errors

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