Format cells if a cell has todays date, otherwise remain default.

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Hello all,

Wondering if/what is the best way to highlight the column containing today's date on my roster project I am working on.
Thinking it could be conditional formatting otherwise a VBA code?
I would like to identify the date from the 3rd row, and whatever column has today's date the vertical borders change colour. This may not be easy as 2 columns share a border? Maybe it would be easier if the cell fill colour in that column was changed instead?

Obviously when a new date ticks over the original formatting would need to be reinstated.

Any ideas whats best way to tackle this?

Cheers.
Hayden

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You can see by the first example that colored lines don't show up well. Excel doesn't allow you to use thicker lines in Conditional Formatting; I don't know why. The second option looks better to me.

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CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
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CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B3:F18Expression=B$3=TODAY()textNO
 
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Jeffrey Mahoney said:
You can see by the first example that colored lines don't show up well. Excel doesn't allow you to use thicker lines in Conditional Formatting; I don't know why. The second option looks better to me.

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Sheet1
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RangeFormula
G2:T2G2=G3
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CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
G3:T13Expression=G$3=TODAY()textNO



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RangeFormula
G2:T2G2=G3
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
G3:T13Expression=G$3=TODAY()textNO
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Perfect. Thanks a lot mate!!
 
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