Conditional formating is applied based on date in two cells

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Capricorn56 Posts 1 Registration date Wednesday July 23, 2014 Status Member Last seen July 23, 2014 - Jul 23, 2014 at 03:54 AM
TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 - Mar 16, 2015 at 01:04 PM
Hi everyone
I'm using Excel 2010 and applying conditional formating on dates in Column E. I don't want the formatting to be applied if there is the following wording used in the cells in column H.
Eligible, Ineligible, Early Intervention, Withdrawn. In other words once a drop down list is used in a cell in Column H to enter the required text I want the current formatting applied to the cell in column E to be removed.
The current rules that I have are:
Cell Value = Today() - format cell red
Cell Value = Today()+1 - format cell orange
Cell Value = Today()+2 - format cell yellow
Cell Value < Today() - format cell text red

I would like all the formatting to be removed once the drop downlist is used in column H to enter one of the above four values. The default state of the cell in column H is a blank cell.
Thanking you in advance.

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TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 555
Jul 24, 2014 at 11:29 AM
Hi Capricorn,

What you are looking for is the AND function, which lets you enter more conditions.

=AND($E2=TODAY(),$H2="")

or more specifically:

=AND($E2=TODAY(),$H2<>"Eligible",$H2<>"Ineligible",$H2<>"Early Intervention",$H2<>"Withdrawn")


Best regards,
Trowa

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Hi TrowaD
Thank you for your patience. I took the file home on the weekend and finally got it work. Thank you very much.
Regards
Capricorn56
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Hi Kioskea
Thank you for your reply and sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I've had some other technical issues. I have tried the formula and it doesn't work. Do you have any other suggestions I could try. Thanking you for your time.
Kind Regards
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TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 555
Aug 11, 2014 at 11:27 AM
Hi Capricorn,

Actually the formula works.
I put today's date in E1:E3, Eligible in H1 and Withdrawn in H3.
As a result only the date in E2 got formatted as seen in the below pic:


It is a shorter version with less conditions but it does the trick for the example shown.
It is a Dutch version where EN means AND, VANDAAG means TODAY and I have to use ; as separator instead of ,.

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Best regards,
Trowa

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Hi,

I want a cell to change colour when a date that is in the cell is within 1 month of today.
Can you help with that.
I know that there is a function to do it but I am having issues and NEED HELP...
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TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 555
Mar 16, 2015 at 01:04 PM
Hi Keno,

Here is your requested formula:
=AND(A1<DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())+1,DAY(TODAY())),A1>DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-1,DAY(TODAY())))

You might want to change the < and > symbols into <= and >= depending on the results you are after.

Best regards,
Trowa
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