Conditional formatting on variable

Hi all,

I have created a post name with subject Conditional formatting on variables  but looks like the thread got deleted. 

re-writing it again,

I have a table in which one of the column is Description001_ID1 and i get the value from XML for this tag.

I have to BOLD the entire row if the description has the string Total in it. These string may be prefixed with blank spaces  so i need to ltrim before i use it.

So i'm trimming it and checking if the first 5 letters of the description is Total then chenage it to red color else regular.