Hi Max, Thanks for your input. Your idea had also occured to me, but it
doesn't really achieve what I'm after. I'm trying to take a whole bunch of
information (not just projects) from other spreadsheets and accumulate them
all in a calendar spreadsheet. My other information is not a problem - one
column is the date (chronological) and the next columns are categorised text
(ie meetings, report deadlines, signifcant events, etc), which is then picked
up, column by column, by a VLOOKUP into the calendar spreadsheet, where the
top row is the date, and the rows beneath it pick up the text in meetings,
report deadlines, etc.

With the project data, I'm really trying to mimic MS Project, so I can keep
project information in one sheet just like the CF idea, but also transfer the
start and end dates into the calendar. However, as mentioned before, the
duplication of dates across the many projects means I can only get the first
project ending or starting on a particular date using VLOOKUP. If there was a
way to get Excel to accumulate all the multiple projects starting or ending
on a particular day (and it would be acceptable to have a row in the calendar
for "Projects starting" and "projects ending") - well, that would be
wonderful!

"Max" wrote:

Perhaps it might suffice to have the various projects time-lined
calendar-wise neatly on the same sheet using CF, as illustrated in this
sample construct:

http://www.savefile.com/files/610176
Project TimeLining.xls

In cols A to C from row 2 down are listed the Projects, Startdates &
Enddates (dates are real dates)

In E1 across to W1 are listed consecutive real dates
eg; 25-2-07, 26-2-07, 27-2-07, etc

Select E2:W4 (E2 active), then apply CF using the formula:
=AND(E$1=$B2,E$1<=$C2)
Format to taste, ok out

Adapt and extend to suit ..
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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"Vibeke" wrote:
Greetings,
I have over 400 rows of data where Column 1 is text (project titles) and
Column 2 is a start date and Column 3 is an end date. In each of the date
columns, there are duplications.

I want to get these start and end dates into another spreadsheet which is
formatted like a calendar. However, I gather VLOOKUP on its own won't work
with the duplications, and when the dates in the first spreadsheet aren't in
chronological order.

There may be other ways of solving this, but my immediate thoughts were to
insert a new sheet search for all duplications in Column 2 and then
concatenate the corresponding text in column 1. I then need to find some way
of getting the concatenated text into the right day in the calendar.

Any suggestsions gratefully received.