Excel 2007 : IF/AND TRUE/FALSE and two criteria

i'm guessing that there are many ways to do this, but i cant figure out even one

my aim is to highlight the last row on data set 2 because the condition in data set 1 is TRUE - that is: a project that John finished in 2004.

i cant use conditional formatting because the data sets are in two different workbooks. I've tried using IF and AND but got lost. there are many rows of data in the second data set so i need a forumala that can be entered and copied down. also, i only have a decade range in data set 1 but the actual years are presented in data set 2.

please help - it seems so simple!

data set 1
John 2000s TRUE
John 1970s FALSE
Peter 1990s FALSE
Peter 1980s FALSE

data set 2
Name Finished
John 1-Dec-75
Peter 1-Jan-73
Paul 1-Jun-00
James 1-Dec-70
Isaac 1-Dec-73
John 1-Jul-04 TRUE


thanks to everyone who responds. your solutions to other issues have been an invaluable resource for me. this is actually my first posting for help

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To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook, the workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook.

If needed supply a before and after sheet in the workbook so the person helping you can see what you are trying to achieve.

Doing this will ensure you get the result you need!

Name the Ranges in Data1 sheet A1 to A20, Name, B1:B20, Decade, C1:C20, Condition..

Then go to Data2 sheet, select range from A2 to B38

go to Home tab, Conditional Formatting and Select New Rule

Select Use formula to determine which cell to format...

enter formula:

=MATCH($A2&FLOOR(YEAR($B2),10)&"TRUE",Name&LEFT(Decade,4)+0&Condition

click Format and choose colour pattern

Weird, if you reselect the range and go back to CF and click Ok, it is okay again... but if you close and re-open it disappears...

Well try this one....

=SUMPRODUCT((Name=$A2)*(LEFT(Decade,4)+0=FLOOR(YEAR($B2),10))*(Condition=TRUE))

I saved and re-opened and it stuck this time.

Great.. glad to here it works for you.

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Edit the rule to read:

=SUMPRODUCT((Name=$A2)*(LEFT(Decade,4)+0=IF(YEAR($B2)<1980,1970,FLOOR(YEAR($B2),10)))*(Condition=TRUE))

Note: I changed ISAAC 1970's to TRUE to test....