It would help if you showed the formula you were using.

In general, you do something like:
=or(and(a1="EU",a2<today()+365),and(a1<"EU",a2<to day()+91))

Regards,
Fred.

"Vikki" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet which uses conditional formattting. The colour of a
particular cell changes colour, depending on the expiry date (shown in
another cell).

I have another column with wording in which says either, Quotes; Business
Case; Tender; EU. At the moment, cell A7 turns amber, when the expiry date
is
3-months away, to alert me to begin renewal of a contract, however, some
contracts require upto 12-months of preparatory work, so is it possible,
for
the formula in A1 to take into account, the type of renewal (ie. Quotes;
tender etc).

For example, if a contract expires 01.01.11, and the renewal cell states
EU,
then I want the formula to pick this up, and turn amber 12-months prior to
the expiry date, ie on 01.01.10.

Does this make sense and can anyone please help??

Many thanks
Vikki