Comments on: I would like to have a birthday reminder in excel. How to create? http://www.giftsforbirthday.net/birthday-reminder/i-would-like-to-have-a-birthday-reminder-in-excel-how-to-create Be Amazing WIth Thoughtful Gifts for Birthday Ideas Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:13:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Lee http://www.giftsforbirthday.net/birthday-reminder/i-would-like-to-have-a-birthday-reminder-in-excel-how-to-create/comment-page-1#comment-12 Jim Lee Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:56:59 +0000 http://www.giftsforbirthday.net/birthday-reminder/i-would-like-to-have-a-birthday-reminder-in-excel-how-to-create#comment-12 There are many ways to handle this. It all depends on how sophisticated you want it to be. And it would have helped to know which version of MS-Excel you are using. It could be something as simple as establishing Conditional Formatting to "highlight" the birthdays which are within a specific range of the current computer date: 1. Select the column with all of the Birth Dates. 2. Go to the menu selection of FORMAT ==> CONDITIONAL FORMATTING... 3. Change the Condition 1 box to say "Formula Is". 4. In the next box, paste the following formula: = AND( A1 >= ( TODAY() - 10 ), A1 <= ( TODAY() + 10 ) ) 5. Click the Format... button and go to the Patterns tab. 6. Select a background color that will indicate those birthdays which will fall within the specified date range. 7. Click the OK button twice to save those changes. The above formula only flags those dates that are between 10 days before the current date through 10 days past the current date. (Modify the values to suit yourself.) .<br><b>References : </b><br> There are many ways to handle this. It all depends on how sophisticated you want it to be. And it would have helped to know which version of MS-Excel you are using.

It could be something as simple as establishing Conditional Formatting to "highlight" the birthdays which are within a specific range of the current computer date:

1. Select the column with all of the Birth Dates.
2. Go to the menu selection of FORMAT ==> CONDITIONAL FORMATTING…
3. Change the Condition 1 box to say "Formula Is".
4. In the next box, paste the following formula:
= AND( A1 >= ( TODAY() – 10 ), A1 <= ( TODAY() + 10 ) )
5. Click the Format… button and go to the Patterns tab.
6. Select a background color that will indicate those birthdays which will fall within the specified date range.
7. Click the OK button twice to save those changes.

The above formula only flags those dates that are between 10 days before the current date through 10 days past the current date. (Modify the values to suit yourself.)

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]]> By: arti b http://www.giftsforbirthday.net/birthday-reminder/i-would-like-to-have-a-birthday-reminder-in-excel-how-to-create/comment-page-1#comment-11 arti b Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:37:59 +0000 http://www.giftsforbirthday.net/birthday-reminder/i-would-like-to-have-a-birthday-reminder-in-excel-how-to-create#comment-11 why not try birthdayalarm.com<br><b>References : </b><br> why not try birthdayalarm.com
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