Nice question, Roger. You need to show the conditional formatting as 'Formula' rather than cell value, then type the following formula in the box: =DATEVALUE(DAY(TODAY())&"/"&MONTH(A1)&"/"&YEAR(A1))=(TODAY()) This is based on my European date style. For a North American installation, you might have to reverse the position of "DAY(TODAY())" and "MONTH(A1)". "A1" of course is the assumed first cell of the range to take the conditional format. All the best. Ray _____________ This email is from Ray Blake, Head of Software Design, GR Business Process Solutions. It is confidential and intended for the addressee only. The contents are private and may be legally privileged. If you receive this email in error we would be grateful if you would advise the sender and delete the email from your system. For more information on the services that we offer please visit us at our website: - www.grbps.com -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Sent: 16 July 2003 12:49 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Conditional Format in Excel97 Hi, Can you help please? In a worksheet containing many columns showing dates as just a Month and Year, I want to use Conditional Formatting to show the current month in a distinct style, (e.g. Red Bold font) so that they stand out. How can I specify the 'Current Month' in the Conditional Formatting box Please? Thanks everyone, Roger _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************