Julian

Something like:

Condition 1: Formula is: =$B2<=$A2+5 format interior to green
Condition 2: Formula is: =$B2<=$A2+10 format interior to amber
Condition 3: Formula is: =$B2$A2+10 format interior to red

Regards

Trevor


"Julian Campbell" wrote in message
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Hello all

Is there a way to do the following

I will have two columns A = Kill Date B = Use by date - I would like to
set the cell in which the use by date is entered to change colour (Have
tried to use conditional format but failed) So for intance

KILL DATE 1/1/06

USE BY DATE 15/1/06

FOR DATES 1 TO 5 CELL COLOUR GREEN

DATES 5 TO 10 CELL COLOUR AMBER

DATES 10 TO 15 CELL COLOUR RED

I want to use this as an alert to correct use of raw meat within my
workplace

Any help would be good

Thanks

Julian