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IF/conditional formatting

ResolvedVersion 2003

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IF/conditional formatting

I would like to know the formula to put in a cell where I want it to turn red if the date becomes overdue

RE: IF/conditional formatting

Hi Julie,

Thank you for the question and welcome to the forum.

In my example I have selected a range of dates and all the dates that are less than 01/01/2011 I want to format in red.

Highlight the range of dates and go to Format and Conditional Formatting.

Leave Cell Value is and in the condition box to the right I would choose less than(or less than or equal to) and then in the final box enter the date required. Then apply the formatting required.

So the condition would look like this:

Cell Value is - Less Than - 01/01/2011

I hope this helps.

Regards

Simon

Fri 21 Jan 2011: Automatically marked as resolved.

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