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Excel Conditional Formatting implementation guide When Data Source Changes

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I'm testing a new approach and I'm working with an scenario with conditional formatting in Excel 2021 where the formatting doesn't seem to update correctly when the underlying data changes... I've set up a rule that highlights cells in a particular range (A1:A50) based on the value in another column (B1:B50). The rule is supposed to highlight cells in column A as red if the corresponding cell in column B is less than 50. Here’s the formula I used for the conditional formatting: ```excel =B1<50 ``` However, after modifying several values in column B, the formatting in column A does not reflect these changes. I’ve tried refreshing the formulas (F9) and toggling the conditional formatting rules, but nothing seems to work. I also checked for any overlapping rules, but there’s only this one. I’ve even restarted Excel and tried the same steps on a new workbook to see if it’s a document-specific scenario, but the behavior continues. Is there something I'm missing or a specific setting that could be causing this? Any insights would be appreciated! How would you solve this? Has anyone dealt with something similar?