Google spreadsheet custom conditional formatting

Question

I have a table like

    A   B   C   D
   --------------
1 | 3   2   4   1

I want to highlight the max value in the row. I tried to apply a custom conditional formatting formula, but I got stuck. Something like =A1=MAX(A1:D1) doesn't work. I need to substitue somehow A1 with "current" cell but I don't know how.

Answer 1

Try:

=$A$1:$D$1=max($A$1:$D$1)

and see if that works..

Answer 2

Interpreting the requirement in a different way. Select ColumnsA:D, Format, Conditional formatting..., Custom formula is:

=A1=max($A1:$D1)  

with formatting of your choice.