Why not change the formula in the cell to incorporate the arrow, as in:

=currentformula&if(upconditionmet,"uparrow",if(dow nconditionmet,"downarrow","sidearrow"))

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Regards,
Fred


"Lynda" wrote in message
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Having a shocker today guys, got questions all over the place.
(Excel 2003) In my spreadsheet I have to use traffic light colours to show
if certain data is either good, okay or needs attention. This would generally
be fine as I could use conditional formatting but my supervisor wants to
also, along with the colours, put up, down and sideways arrows in the in the
coloured cells. Can anyone advise me on how I can do this?