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3-mo calendar - starting on a particular date
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Can I ask one follow-up question? I've changed some of the colors, etc. - nothing major. I also added a new tab to calculate the actual 2nd-stage window when the actual date of the 1st-stage is known. In each tab, I notice that the conditional formatting for the 2nd-stage window highlights empty cells if the window involves 2 months - cells that correspond to dates from the previous month above it. The 1st-stage window highlights only the active dates for the full two weeks - none of the inactive cells in the 2nd month. In looking at the conditional formatting, I can't figure out how to make this stop. Any thoughts?
Thank you again - I'm just blown away. You have no idea how helpful this is.
Thanks, that's my fault. I created a rule for dates before the start of the 4th month, but forgot to specify No Color as fill color.
See the attached version.
This works quite well!! Do I dare ask one more question? I want to highlight in dark blue the close date of the 1st window. That's no problem - I added that rule. However I run into the same problem - the date in the prior month is highlighted in addition to the date in the appropriate month. I've tried different versions of conditional formatting based on your reply above and also tried to replicate the red cell for the 2nd-stage window close. No such luck. Attaching again - asking if you might look one more time. I'm grateful for your expert help.
This has to do with the order of the rules in the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager dialog. The rules are evaluated from top to bottom.
The rules that specify "No Color" for cells before the start and after the end of the month should be evaluated first.
You can use the button indicated in the screenshot to move the rule for the close date down.
Result:
Remark: the rule should apply to D6:J11 too.
HansVogelaar Thank you! It took me a bit, but I finally figured it out. It now works beautifully. Thank you for all your help.