Sounds like the NetWorkDays function could help.
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Jim Cone
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"Andrew Owenson" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>I am trying to creat a chart where you put a start date and a finish
> date in and the chart will colour some squares to the right. I can do
> all of that but it overcolours the weekends and counts them as days.
> How can I set it that the squares will only colour weekdays only and
> not weekends or holidays and not count them as days.
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew