It might be because I didn't fix F9 down using absolute referencing.
I have posted an example at
http://cjoint.com/?bDnSVGsfR1
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Bob
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"AA Arens" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Jan 29, 6:31 pm, "Bob Phillips" <bob....@somewhere.com> wrote:
>> "AAArens" <bartvandon...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> > On Jan 29, 3:59 pm, "Bob Phillips" <bob....@somewhere.com> wrote:
>> >> =AND(LEFT(CELL("format",F9),1)="D",--RIGHT(CELL("format",F9),1)<6,LEN(CELL("format",F9))=2,LEN(F9)>0)
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>> >> HTH
>>
>> >> Bob
>>
>> >> (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my
>> >> addy)
>>
>> >> "AAArens" <bartvandon...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> >>news:100b74f2-d1d6-45e2-aa20-(E-Mail Removed)...
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>> >> >I want to use Conditional Formatting. I opt for "formula". The
>> >> > condition should be that a cell F9 that is formatted to Date
>> >> > 14-Mar-07
>> >> > (see cell format) need to be filled with a date (any date). If empty
>> >> > then FALSE.
>>
>> >> > What is the formulah I need to fill in. DATE(F9<>0) failed for me.
>>
>> >> > This is the condition that is set for cell H9.
>>
>> >> > Thank you.
>>
>> >> > Bart
>> >> > Excel 2003
>>
>> > Hi, this solution did not work for me.
>>
>> > May be I was not so clear and I realised there is another condition.
>> > This is what I would like:
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>> > Column:
>> > F G H --> Z
>> > 9 (Date) (amount)
>> > 10 (Date) (amount)
>> > etc. etc.
>>
>> > Dual conditional formatting:
>>
>> > Cell range G9-20 - Z9-Z20 : Cell fill color become orange if any cell
>> > is filled with amount
>> > Cell range G9-20 - Z9-Z20 : Cell fill color become green if any cell
>> > is filled with amount AND the date column is filled with a date
>> > In other cases cell does not get fill color.
>>
>> > Bart
>>
>> Condition 2: =ISNUMBER(G9)
>>
>> Condition 1:
>> =AND(ISNUMBER(G9),LEFT(CELL("format",F9),1)="D",--RIGHT(CELL("format",F9),1)<6,LEN(CELL("format",F9))=2,LEN(F9)>0)
>
> Bob, I can't get it working. I filled both conditions in cell G9,
> first condition 1 then 2. But only the format I have assigned to
> condition 2 is visible if G9 has data, whether F9 is filled in or not.
>
> Bart