How to highlight cell that is past due AND not complete?

jekl1000

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Hi all,

I have a simple action item list for a project. Column E has the Due Data and Column E has the Status (Complete, In Process, Not Started, etc.). I would like the date in Column E to highlight red if the date has already past AND the Status in Column E is anything other than "Complete".

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Here is how I would do it:
Please note here that the status is in Column F.
IF(AND(E2<TODAY(),F2<>"Complete"),"TRUE","FALSE")
Copy this function in the conditional formatting.
Select the range you want to set the conditional formatting --> Conditional format --> New Rule --> use a formula to determine ... --> Paste the formula and set the format color.

I hope this helps,

Hurkk
 
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Thank you Hurkk! This kept giving me a "The formula you typed contains an error" message though.
 
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