Conditional formatting on cell based on start date

Thank you for your question.

Thank you for your question.
As far as I am aware, the Task Name cannot be used to change colour automatically based on a condition. This would require some VBA programming.

However you can use Graphical Indicators. This would put an icon in a new column against each task that shows whether the start day of the task is less than 5 days from the Current Date.
Here is how you would do it.

1. Go to the Project Tab
2. Choose Custom Fields
3. Choose Text Data Type from the top right.
4. Select Text 1 and click Rename and give it a relevant name.
5. Choose formula and copy the line below into the box:
IIf([Start]<date()-5,"1","2")

This formula says if the Task Start date is less than the current date - 5days, assign 1 otherwise assign 2. Click OK when it prompts about ‘existing data in field will be deleted…’

6. Click on Graphical Indicators and choose Equals in the first Test box, then type 1 in the value box and then an icon that will represent any task start dates that are less than 5 days from the current date.

7. On the next row repeat the equal, type 2 as the value and then a different icon.

8. Finally, insert the column which represents the custom field you created.

I hope this answers your question.

Regards

Simon