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I have a table of numbers (estimated usage of articles each month) and I want to color the cell 6 columns to the left of any cell with a negative number.



In this example I want to color April, since stock will be below 0 in October:



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    I have a table of numbers (estimated usage of articles each month) and I want to color the cell 6 columns to the left of any cell with a negative number.



    In this example I want to color April, since stock will be below 0 in October:



    https://imgur.com/gallery/6BzE5HQ










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      I have a table of numbers (estimated usage of articles each month) and I want to color the cell 6 columns to the left of any cell with a negative number.



      In this example I want to color April, since stock will be below 0 in October:



      https://imgur.com/gallery/6BzE5HQ










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      I have a table of numbers (estimated usage of articles each month) and I want to color the cell 6 columns to the left of any cell with a negative number.



      In this example I want to color April, since stock will be below 0 in October:



      https://imgur.com/gallery/6BzE5HQ







      microsoft-excel conditional-formatting






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          I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:



          indirect(address(row(c2), column(c2)+6, 1, 1), true) < 0






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            I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:



            indirect(address(row(c2), column(c2)+6, 1, 1), true) < 0






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              I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:



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                I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:



                indirect(address(row(c2), column(c2)+6, 1, 1), true) < 0






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                I managed to find out how on my own formatting based on formula:



                indirect(address(row(c2), column(c2)+6, 1, 1), true) < 0







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