Excel help please

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I want to conditional format a cell in Excel 2007.

Cell A1 has got a date in it and I've conditional formatted it to turn red if it goes past todays date so the formula is =today()

When I type a date into cell B1 I want A1 to turn back to white.

How do I do it please?

Thanks
 
Change the Conditional Formatting to be 'Formula Is', then:

=AND(A1>=TODAY(), B1<>"")

that will do what you want as soon as you type anything into B1. If you require it to only work when a date is typed into B1, then you should be able to adjust the formula slightly.
 
div0 said:
Change the Conditional Formatting to be 'Formula Is', then:

=AND(A1>=TODAY(), B1<>"")

that will do what you want as soon as you type anything into B1. If you require it to only work when a date is typed into B1, then you should be able to adjust the formula slightly.
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I'm being a dick.
I can't find 'Formula is' :)
 
That's because they completely changed the way conditional formatting is accessed in the 2007 version, it's far simpler in 2003 and previous. I have 2007 at home so can't check how to get to "Formula is" till then. I know I have done it because I've done it on a spreadsheet at home. If you have the time, the answer is in here somewhere http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb286672%28v=office.11%29.aspx

Just to clarify the excellent formula div0 provided, I read you requirement as needing the cell to go red when the date in there has been and gone, in which case div0's formula needs to be:

=AND(A1<TODAY(), B1<>"")
 
Thanks lads.

Office 2007 is causing me a lot of problems at work and they won't downgrade me back to 2003.
I was on Office 2010 but that was even worse.
 
Got there in the end.
Thanks for the help.

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