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If i put a date in a cell, is there a function to change the cell colour after 4 days has passed?
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Hi Natalie
I got round this problem by inserting a today's date function in say C1 to read =TODAY()
Then I used D1 to read todays date add 4 days : =SUM(C1)+4
I then highlighted Column A which had my dates in. Clicked Format/Conditional Formatting.
In the first drop down I chose Cell value is
In the second drop down I chose 'greater than'
In the third drop down i clicked on cell D4
I then clicked on the Format button and changed the colour to red.
That worked for me.
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Hi,
It makes sense so I'll give it a go. Very simply done too, i think i was just trying to complicate things!
Cheers
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hi,
I managed to sort it but now I've got another issue...can you set the conditional format to ignore blank cells?
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Hi Natalie I recreated the problem as above and it ignored blank cells by default as they weren't greater than the today + 4 days but if that doesn't work you can add another criteria to the Conditional Format. Say if cell is the same as 'any blank cell' then apply no conditioning.
Try that and let me know.
