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Copper Contributor

Mar 20, 2022

Conditional Formatting Blank Cells

I am needing a rule that will allow me to highlight blank cells yellow if they are less than 30 days from the date in Column A. Then change to red if it goes past the 30 day mark, until data is ente...

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HansVogelaar

MVP

Mar 20, 2022

SmithJM157

Select the range D2:U17 (or further to the right and down if necessary).D2 should be the active cell in the selected range.

On the Home tab of the ribbon, select Conditional Formatting > New Rule...

Select 'Use a formula to determine which cells to format'.

Enter the formula

=AND($A2<=TODAY(),D2="")

Click Format...

Activate the Fill tab.

Select yellow.

Click OK, then click OK again.

Repeat these steps, but with the formula

=AND($A2<=TODAY()-30,D2="")

and red as fill color.

SmithJM157
Copper Contributor
Mar 20, 2022
Thank you for the response. I highlighted the columns that I need the formulas applied to, and have built the rules as shown and it does not appear to be doing it correctly for me.
- HansVogelaar
  MVP
  Mar 20, 2022
  SmithJM157
  
  Please attach a sample workbook demonstrating the problem, or if that is not possible, make it available through OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or similar.
  - SmithJM157
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 20, 2022
    HansVogelaar hopefully this link works correctly.
    
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YJnQT9QHk9jX5sCkaDzM_bn1UQ5jrSgS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100103939138852560324&rtpof=true&sd=true