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Setting up an electrical register in Excel with expiry dates



 
 
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Old April 15th, 2010, 10:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Scotty
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Default Setting up an electrical register in Excel with expiry dates

I am currently setting up an electrical register using Excel 2003 which
shows a date column of when the equipment has to be retested. I would like
to have the date columns in green, then two weeks before the expiry date,
have them change to yellow. Once the date has expired, I would then like the
column to change to red. Can you please explain if this can be done using
formulas in Windows XP 2003.

Thanks
Scotty

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Old April 15th, 2010, 11:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Mike H
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Default Setting up an electrical register in Excel with expiry dates

Hi,

The answer is conditional formatting. have a look here

http://www.mrexcel.com/articles/due-...formatting.php
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"Scotty" wrote:

I am currently setting up an electrical register using Excel 2003 which
shows a date column of when the equipment has to be retested. I would like
to have the date columns in green, then two weeks before the expiry date,
have them change to yellow. Once the date has expired, I would then like the
column to change to red. Can you please explain if this can be done using
formulas in Windows XP 2003.

Thanks
Scotty

 




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