Conditional formatting cells within a date range in Excel 2010?

Question

I want to do this pseudo formula below:

IF CELL VALUE < TODAY() + 60 , THEN FORMAT CELL RED

to these spreadsheet cells :

I am having trouble with Conditional Formatting in EXCEL 2010

Answer 1

In Excel, do the following:

• Go to the Home Tab
• Select the values which need to be conditionally formatted
• Click Conditional Formatting >> New Rule...
• In the dialog, select Format only cells that contain
• At the bottom of the dialog:
  • Change the first drop-down to Cell Value
  • Change the second drop-down to Less Than
  • Change the third block to be =Today() + 60
• Click Format..., set the font to RED, then click OK
• On the New Formatting Rule dialog, click OK

Once you Apply, you will see your highlighting show up.

Answer 2

There is Conditional Formatting button in Styles menu in Excel 2007. Should be something similar in 2010, no?

Answer 3

You might have better luck with this question over at the superuser stackexchange. A quick grok of the questions there reference this page on conditional formatting.