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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / January 2008Can I get Excel to automatically BOLD dates 30d before expiration?
I am new to Excel (obviously), and I have created a simple worksheet that contains numerous dates. I wish to have the dates become bold when they are to expire within 30 days. Is there a formula for that purpose? Thanks... Select the range of cells to be formatted Use the command Format | Conditional Formatting In the dialog, specify: Formula Is : =AND(A1>TODAY(),A1-TODAY()<30) and click the Format button the dialog to make bold and/or colour the cells) NOTE: in this formula change A1 to the first (the one that is uppermost to the left) cell in your range best wishes and Happy New Year  SignatureBernard V Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email >I am new to Excel (obviously), and I have created a simple worksheet that > contains numerous dates. I wish to have the dates become bold when they > are > to expire within 30 days. Is there a formula for that purpose? > > Thanks... Bernard...thank you very much! Happy New Year to you too!! Donna > Select the range of cells to be formatted > Use the command Format | Conditional Formatting [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > > Thanks... Bernard, can you help me with one other please? What would the formula be for changing formula for greater than 30 days but less than 60?? In other words when the expiration date is less than 60 days away, but greater than 30 days away. I really appreciate your time!! Donna > Select the range of cells to be formatted > Use the command Format | Conditional Formatting [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > > Thanks... > .. when the expiration date is less than 60 days away, but > greater than 30 days away. Think you could put it in CF's Condition 2 as: =AND(A1-TODAY()>30,A1-TODAY()<60) SignatureMax Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- This isn't working for me. What could I be doing wrong? > Select the range of cells to be formatted > Use the command Format | Conditional Formatting [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > > Thanks... Firstly, go back into Format/ Condition Formatting/ Formula Is, and check that the formula is what you intended it to be. Excel has a habit of changing things, particularly if you forgot to enter the = sign at the start of the formula. Check also that it is referring to the correct cell. Check again that the Format option within your Conditional Formatting condition is set to what you thought you'd set (bold, or whatever). If the formula looks as you expected, are you sure that A1 contains a real Excel date (and not a text string that looks like a date)? If you temporaily reformat the cell as General, you should see a number between 39457 and 39485 if it is to satisfy your test. SignatureDavid Biddulph > This isn't working for me. What could I be doing wrong? > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> > >> > Thanks... It is still not taking it... So if it's column B to E what should I change the cell to say.. Sorry I really do appreciate your help on this. > Firstly, go back into Format/ Condition Formatting/ Formula Is, and check > that the formula is what you intended it to be. Excel has a habit of [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >> > > >> > Thanks... One more time............no formula is entered "in a cell" so there is no cell to change. With "real" dates in A1 to A100 starting with January 1, 2008 Make sure they are real dates and not text. Select B1:E100 Format>Conditional Formatting>Formula is: =AND(A1>TODAY(),A1-TODAY()<30) entered in the dialog box. Format to a nice color and OK your way out. A1:A30 should be colored. If not, check the formula in CF to be sure it is exactly as written. As David points out, Excel will sometimes change things. When I pasted =AND(A1>TODAY(),A1-TODAY()<30) in the Formula is dialog, Excel altered it to ="=AND(A1>TODAY(),A1-TODAY()<30)" which would not work. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP >It is still not taking it... So if it's column B to E what should I change >the cell to say.. Sorry I really do appreciate your help on this. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Thanks... A couple of minor corrections to what Gord said. If you are starting with 1/1/08 in A1, the rows which will show coloured (as today is Jan 10th) will be 11 to 39, not 1 to 30. And with the formula as specified, the cells coloured would be B11:B39. If you want the whole of B11:E39 coloured, change the formula from =AND(A1>TODAY(),A1-TODAY()<30) to =AND($A1>TODAY(),$A1-TODAY()<30) to keep the column reference absolute, rather than relative. SignatureDavid Biddulph > One more time............no formula is entered "in a cell" so there is no > cell [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] >>> >> > >>> >> > Thanks... Thanks David. Gord >A couple of minor corrections to what Gord said. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >=AND($A1>TODAY(),$A1-TODAY()<30) to keep the column reference absolute, >rather than relative. Try conditional formatting (Steps in xl2003) Assuming dates running in A1 down (real dates are presumed) Select col A (A1 active) Click Format > Conditional Formatting Under Condition 1, Formula Is: =AND(A1<>"",A1-TODAY()<=30) Format > Font tab > Bold > OK OK out SignatureMax Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- > I am new to Excel (obviously), and I have created a simple worksheet that > contains numerous dates. I wish to have the dates become bold when they are > to expire within 30 days. Is there a formula for that purpose? > > Thanks... Donna Format>Conditional Formatting>Formula is: =A1=TODAY()-30 Format to your color of choice from Patterns Tab Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP >I am new to Excel (obviously), and I have created a simple worksheet that >contains numerous dates. I wish to have the dates become bold when they are >to expire within 30 days. Is there a formula for that purpose? > >Thanks... |
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