You can use conditional formatting and set the "formula" option to something
like this (where the value is in E12)

=E12(TODAY()-3)

Tim

"Nelly" wrote in message
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-Hello,

Is there a way to highlight font and type for a cell by a date criteria?
For
instance, if a date is within 3 days of the current system date I want the
date bolded in red 14pt font. I also want to use green and yellow colors
to
indicate other proximities of date to current system date. I think I might
be
able to use conditional formatting for this but not sure how.

Thanks,
Nelly