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IF Formula for Conditional formatting

can someone assist.

I am looking at using IF on conditional formatting but cant seem to get it to work.

What I am after is:

IF C7 Contains any text, then input conditional formatting. If cell has no text and is blank do not input conditional formatting.
I am placing this conditional formatting on say Cell C17 to reflect what is inputted on cell C7.

I don’t want the formula to be based on specific text, just any input that is placed in Cell C7

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