Perhaps just another interp / play ..

Assume the calendar dates are in B51:B105
(From: 01-Jan-05 till 24-Feb-05)

And you have a list of 5 dates in say, B107:B111

07-Jan-05
09-Jan-05
11-Jan-05
23-Feb-05
20-Feb-05

Select B51:B105

Click Format Conditional Formatting
Under Condition 1, put it as
Formula is:
=ISNUMBER(MATCH(B51,$B$107:$B$111,0))
Click Format button Patterns tab Yellow OK
Click OK at the main dialog

The above will colour the 5 cells within B51:B105
with dates matching those within B107:B111

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"Nat" wrote in message
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This is probably a really simple question, but I can't get my head around
it.

In one Column I have a list of dates, and above it I have a calendar
template. I want to set up conditional formatting so that if a date
appears
in the list, the cell of that date on the calendar is highlighted yellow.

I've used:
=$B$51:$B$105=DATE(2005,1,7)
I put this in the cell of 7th Jan 05 (not US format) This worked great
and
the cell was highlighted. But when I try it with any other date after 9th
Jan 2005 it fails!
ie.
=$B$51:$B$105=DATE(2005,2,4) - This formula to highlight on 4th Feb
doesn't
work!

What am I doing wrong?

All help is greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,

Nat