how do i use colours with formulas in excel?

I am trying to create a spreadsheet of results using formulas and I want to
have cells highlighted depending on the outcome in different colours ie pass
(green) fail (red) etc

format>conditional formatting>

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"RINNY" <RINNY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to create a spreadsheet of results using formulas and I want
to
> have cells highlighted depending on the outcome in different colours ie
pass
> (green) fail (red) etc

It would be best to indicate what constitutes pass or fail
but it is a simple comparison yielding True or False
that Conditional Formatting uses. If True you get the
conditional formatting specified. If False or an error you
skip over that test and test additional C.F. if present.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/condfmt.htm

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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"RINNY" <RINNY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E3A9B2D2-13C7-4AD6-8C43-0360E20A89F0@microsoft.com...
> I am trying to create a spreadsheet of results using formulas and I want to
> have cells highlighted depending on the outcome in different colours ie pass
> (green) fail (red) etc