Sorry guys...kicking myself here for not taking a deep breath and going
slow...misread it. Thank yo uso much for your patience!

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

Select A1, not C1, you need apply validation to the cells that you enter the
dates in

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"jeridbohmann" wrote in message
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A1 is 12/04/05
Highlight Cell C1.
I went to data/validation
changed to custom and entered the formula =WEEKDAY(A1,2)=7
Put a Stop message on

Now when I type any date (12/07/05 - - month, day, year) it lets me with
no
warning or stop. I tried 5 different dates.
I retyped and even did a copy past of the formula

Office 2003 SP2 by the way


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I'd guess you made a mistake when you typed in the formula.

I'd try again.

And make sure you type in the month/day/year in the correct order.

June 12, 2005 is a Sunday.

(Although, April 12, 2005 is not.)

I'm still guessing typo.


jeridbohmann wrote:

Style is on stop, error message is there

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Take a look at Excel's help for =weekday(). It has a nice
explanation about
what that number means.

When you applied data|Validation, did you check the "show error
alert..." box on
the Error Alert tab?

Make sure you make the Style "stop", too.



jeridbohmann wrote:

I used that code and in the formula except it says:
=WEEKDAY(U1,2)=7
In cell U1 I have 12/04/05

Is this correct? I enter 12/06/05 and it take it and every other
date I try.
I must be missing something.
Also: U1 = the cell, what does the ",2" do for the formula?

I put that message in there too! Maybe he'll get the picture!

Thanks !

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

Use datavalidationcustom and in the formula box put

=WEEKDAY(A1,2)=7

where A1 is the cell with the validation, click the error alert
tab and type
a message like "John, learn the difference between Sunday and
other days!"


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"jeridbohmann" wrote in
message
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I have a nifty little time sheet for 3 employees to use.
Unfortunatly this
thing needs to be dummy proof because now I am responsible of
making sure
they enter the right dates. All they need to do is enter every
other weeks
start date.
For instance:
John's pay period starts on 12/4/05 (a sunday). All he has to
do is type
in
12/4/05 in one cell and the spreadsheet fills in the end date,
the weekday
dates, etc..
He won't have to do it again until 2 weeks (12/18/05).
John can't seem to enter the right date and then payroll gets
mad and they
yell at me...blah blah.
So I tried doing a data validation for a range of cells (I
have all the
valid Sundays in a column on the same sheet). What am I doing
wrong??
Is this even possible?




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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson