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    Highlighting low quantities from Total

    Hi,

    I'm doing up a spreadsheet, more like a Material Take Off, and there are several columns which includes the following:-

    Column T Column U
    Total Received Total Used

    100 90

    The Total Used is ongoing, meaning everytime I use a stock, it's added(Sum) automatically into the Total Used column.

    If lets say I have 100 stock received, and I'm updating and I'm reaching to a point where I have a balance of 10, I'd like Excel to highlight in red that we are running low on this stock in the Total Used colum for each individual product. Is there a way to do it? Even if it means adding another column and excel highlighting in red to say we are >10 of that product.
    Last edited by euwest30; 09-17-2008 at 08:00 PM. Reason: format

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    conditional format u1 with
    formula is =(T1-U1)<10
    pick a colour from patterns
    do the lot at once by higlhiting used cells in column
    enter as above and all subsequent cells will be done
    i.e.=(T2-U2)<10,=(T3-U3)<10
    at the same time
    Last edited by martindwilson; 09-17-2008 at 08:06 PM.

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    It is coming out as True or False. by the way, I'm using Excel 2007.

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    Suppose the value 90 is in cell "U2"
    select U2, then
    Format > Conditional Fomatting
    Cell value is greater than "=$T2-10" then
    Choose your hilighter color
    Then
    copy and paste special > Format down to the whole range for TOTAL USED
    I need your support to add reputations if my solution works.


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