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To calculate the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month in Excel, you can use the following formula:

Code:

=DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1),1+((2-WEEKDAY(DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1),1),2))+7)*1)

This formula will return the date of the 2nd Saturday of the month based on the date entered in cell A1. To get the date of the 4th Saturday, you can simply change the "2" in the formula to "4".

To highlight the cells that correspond to the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, you can use conditional formatting. Here are the steps:

Select the cells where you want to apply the conditional formatting.
Go to the Home tab and click on Conditional Formatting in the Styles group.
Select New Rule from the drop-down menu.
In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, select Use a formula to determine which cells to format.
In the Format values where this formula is true field, enter the following formula for the 2nd Saturday:
Code:
```
=WEEKDAY(A1,2)=7
```
And for the 4th Saturday:
Code:
```
=WEEKDAY(A1,2)=7+14
```
Click on the Format button and choose the formatting options you want to apply to the highlighted cells.
Click OK to close the Format Cells dialog box.
Click OK again to close the New Formatting Rule dialog box.

Now, whenever you enter a date in the first column, the corresponding cell in the second column will be highlighted if it falls on the 2nd or 4th Saturday of the month.