Conditional Formatting basic question

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Hi, my knowledge of excel is nowhere near where most of you are and I have a question about conditional formatting.

Lets say I have a cell with a date in it and if that date has passed I would like the cell to change to red. So I highlighted the date cells and selected conditional formatting, I filled in the dialog box so it was cell value is less than today() but no matter what date I put in there it changes to red.

I tried finding the answer myself but had no luck. Thanks
 

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Just create this condition in order:

Cell Value is - less than - =TODAY()

and set your format..

If you want to use a specific day as criteria then

Change

=TODAY()

to

=DATEVALUE("12/12/2001")

"12/12/2001" is my criteria.

Enjoy
suat
This message was edited by smozgur on 2002-03-16 16:48
 
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