I have a row of dates that are formatted to show the day of the week,
i.e., 'Wed, Fri, etc.

When a cell in the first row is Wed, I want the cell below it to
appear in purple. How?

I have Excel 97.

Conditional formatting by Biff

Biff
Thu Feb 03 02:09:20 CST 2005

Hi!

Assume the dates are in the range A1:G1.
Select the range A2:G2.
Goto Format>Conditional Formatting.
Select Formula Is and enter this formula:

=WEEKDAY(A1)=4

Click the Format button and select the style(s) you want.
OK out

Biff

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a row of dates that are formatted to show the day
of the week,
>i.e., 'Wed, Fri, etc.
>
>When a cell in the first row is Wed, I want the cell
below it to
>appear in purple. How?
>
>I have Excel 97.
>
>.
>