You can use conditional formatting to change the colour of a cell. There
are instructions in Excel's help, and he

http://www.contextures.com/xlCondFormat01.html

Or you could create a traffic light chart. Andy Pope has instructions on
his web site:

http://www.andypope.info/charts/trafficlight.htm

Shorty wrote:
How do I get traffic lights in excel that change colour depending on the
result returned in a variance cell?


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Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
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