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I have some text AND a date (seperated by a hyphen) in one excel cell e.g. “Anniversary – 12/12/2012”
I want to be able to read the date only and if it is greater than the current date – the cell should become highlighted.
Can this be done via excel functions or do I need to write some VBA?
MC
Mark the area with all values, and chose “Conditional Formatting”. Select “More Rules” from “Highlight Cells Rules” and select “Use a formula to determine which cells to format”. Put this formula in the rule description field:
Don’t forget to chose the formatting options with “Format…”