How to conditional formatting based on another sheet in Google sheet?
If you want to apply the conditional formatting to highlight cells based on a list of data from another sheet as following screenshot shown in Google sheet, do you have any easy and good methods for solving it?
Conditional formatting to highlight cells based on a list from another sheet in Google Sheets
Conditional formatting to highlight cells based on a list from another sheet in Google Sheets
Please do with the following steps to finish this job:
1. Click Format > Conditional formatting, see screenshot:
2. In the Conditional format rules pane, please do the following operations:
(1.) Click 
button to select the column data that you want to highlight;
(2.) In the Format cells if drop-down list, please choose Custom formula is option, and then enter this formula: =match(C2,indirect("data list!A2:A"),0) into the text box;
(3.) Then select one formatting from the Formatting style as you need.
Note: In the above formula: C2 is the first cell of the column data that you want to highlight, and the data list!A2:A is the sheet name and list cells range which contains the criteria you want to highlight the cells based on.
3. And all the matching cells based on the list cells have been highlighted at once, then you should click the Done button to close the Conditional format rules pane as you need.
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