=IF(AND(A1>=A2,A1<+A3),"Within Range",IF(A1<A2,A2-A1&" below range",A1-A3&"
above range"))

A1 is your number A2 & A3 are lower and upper limits of the range.

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"Cat" <Cat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Help - I need to set up a formula that determines whether a number falls
> within a certain range. If not, I need it to show how much under or over
> the
> number is from the range.