How to check the row and then highlight the first cell of the row

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How to check the row and then highlight the first cell of the row through conditional formatting ?

I have created task completed YES/NO excel sheet. I have used conditional formatting as you can see, YES turns Green, No turns Red. There are task for 5 Stores.I need to use conditional formatting in cell A2:A11 with following condition:
If any cell in particular task is incomplete (NO) then highlight cell in column A RED otherwise turn Green. Basically looking at the data cell A2,A5,A8 needs to turn green and rest needs to turn Red

To highlight the cells on the basis of rows, follow below given steps:-

• Select the Column A.
• Then click on “Conditional Formatting” drop down list will appear, where we have to select “Manage Rules”  dialog box will get open.
• Where we have to click on “New Rule”, New Formatting Rule dialog box will get appear, click on Use a formula to determine which cells to format.
• To highlight the cell for “YES” enter the formula.
• =COUNTIF(B2:F2,"Yes")=5
• Click on Format and select the Green color.

• Click on ok.
• To highlight the cell for “NO” enter the formula.
• =COUNTIF(B2:F2,"No")
• Click on Format and select the Red color.

• Click on ok.
• Then click on Apply, and ok.

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