Conditional Formatting

i have applied conditional formatting..to turn a date red if it is within 5 days of today...=(f6-TODAY())<6.....what formula do I use to change the color once the date is past today's date?

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-03-10 08:19, Anonymous wrote:
i have applied conditional formatting..to turn a date red if it is within 5 days of today...=(f6-TODAY())<6.....what formula do I use to change the color once the date is past today's date?

Add another condition with as formula:

=F6>TODAY()

[pinkcasp]

Itried that , it didn't work.

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-03-10 08:49, pinkcasp wrote:
Itried that , it didn't work.

Lets take the problem step by step:

You have dates in F from F6 on. Do these dates change or fixed?

Aladin

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-03-10 09:04, Aladin Akyurek wrote:

Lets take the problem step by step:

You have dates in F from F6 on. Do these dates change or fixed?

Aladin

OK (I got the answer via a different channel).

Select the range of interest (containing due dates) from F6 on.
Activate Format|Conditional Formatting.
Choose 'Formula Is' for Condition 1.
Enter in the formula box:

=AND(TODAY()-F6>=1,TODAY()-F6<6)

Activate Format.
Select red on the Patterns tab.
While still in the Conditional Dialog window, activate Add.
Choose 'Formula Is' for Condition 2.
Enter in the formula box:

=F6>TODAY()

Activate Format.
Select a color different from red on the Patterns tab.
Click OK, OK.

ADDENDUM. Reading your mail once more, the "...AND all the due dates are not input yet" made me believe that you want to apply to cond format also to those cells missing a date. In that case, I'd suggest using:

=AND(LEN(F6)>0,TODAY()-F6>=1,TODAY()-F6<6)

=AND(LEN(F6),F6>TODAY())

Aladin

[ This Message was edited by: Aladin Akyurek on 2002-03-10 10:38 ]

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