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Old September 3rd, 2008, 08:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Anne
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how do i write a formula for a cell that i want to format if the date entered
into the cell is within 7 days beyond a date in another cell.
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Old September 3rd, 2008, 08:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Glenn[_6_]
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Anne wrote:
how do i write a formula for a cell that i want to format if the date entered
into the cell is within 7 days beyond a date in another cell.


Because Excel stores dates as numbers, you would write this exactly the same way
as "if the number entered into the cell is within 7 beyond a number in another
cell".

So, if I understand correctly, to format cell A1 based upon the entry in B1:

Cell Value Is less than or equal to =B1+7
 




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