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babiigirl
 
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Default Complicated formula please help asap!

My data is as follows ( I'm not sure if you need all this information, but I
will go ahead and give it to you) : a date column, then a due date column,
invoice amount column,prepress column, then a proof out column, proof
completion column and then a status column. The main 2 columns I am working
with are the Proof completion column and the status column. In the completion
column in the date in which the proof was returned and if it and less then 4
days before the due date it will show up late in the status column. The
formula for the completion column is =X78-4. In the status column in order to
say whether it is "on time" or "late" the formula is =IF(TODAY()<=L78, "On
Time","Late"). I tried inserting a new column, but now the status column will
not change status when a new number is entered. I tried the formula I was
given in the previous reply to my post as well and it would not work either.
Have any idea?
babiigirl

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Inserting a column should automatically adjust your formulae. What do they,
and the data, look like?

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"babiigirl" wrote in message
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Hi,
I'm still kinda new at excel. They are wanting me to keep this spreadsheet
as simple as possible whne it comes to having to enter numbers. When I add

a
column though it seems to throw off the whole formula for the "on time" or
"late" column. Is there any way to avoid that?
babiigirl

"Andy" wrote:

Hi

I can't think of a way around this without VBA programming. Maybe you

could
use an extra column and type in a * when the job overruns - to show that

the
date has been changed. Your formula could then be:
=IF(OR(TODAY()L75,M75="*"),"Late","On time")

Is that any use to you?
Andy.

"babiigirl" wrote in message
...
I am working on a microsft excel spreadsheet for my boss( excel 2000).

We
are
working on a spreadsheet dealing with a lot of formulas. I have one

column
that tells whether a work is lat eor not. This formula automatically
enters "
late" or "on time" which is great, but if a work is late then i must
chnage
the date in one of the columns so I know the actual due date. The

problem
is
the column I must change the due date is one of the ones in the

formula
for
the status column and when I change that date for our records it
automatically changes the work to on time when in reality it wasn't. I

was
wondering if there is any way that after I enter that inital date if I

can
get the status to stay at either "late" or "on time" and it will not
chnage
when I change the new due date. Is there a way I can adjust the

formula to
this?
This is the formula I am using for the status =IF(TODAY()<=L75, "On
Time","Late"). This is the formula for the due date =W75-4. Please

help if
you can!