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Try this.<br />
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=IF(J3=$K$1,&quot;now due&quot;,IF(J3&gt;$K$1,&quot;overdue&quot;,<wbr />&quot;&quot;))
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Try this.

=IF(J3=$K$1,"now due",IF(J3>$K$1,"overdue",""))

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hi norie, thankyou and is there a way i can protect the column &amp;&nbsp;hide the formula where i have this ifstatement?
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hi norie, thankyou and is there a way i can protect the column & hide the formula where i have this ifstatement?

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hi norie, i copy &amp;&nbsp;pasted your formula down the same column but found all the cells would have the red background fill colors when it should only be the ones which meet the condition, please see screenshot below.<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/11_w45/1204283/screenshot_fill-color-on-all-cells.PNG" target="_blank" title="background fill to all cells (3 KB)"><img alt="background fill to all cells" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 178px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/11_w45/1204283/screenshot_fill-color-on-all-cells.PNG" /></a>
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hi norie, i copy & pasted your formula down the same column but found all the cells would have the red background fill colors when it should only be the ones which meet the condition, please see screenshot below.

background fill to all cellshttps://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/11_w45/1204283/screenshot_fill-color-on-all-cells.PNG

screenshot_fill-color-on-all-cells.PNG

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Are you using conditional formula?<br />
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If you are what options/formula are you using?
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Are you using conditional formula?

If you are what options/formula are you using?

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im not, please see screenshot below<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/11_w45/1204285/screenshot_fill-color-2.PNG" target="_blank" title="screenshot 2 (24 KB)"><img alt="screenshot 2" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 640px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/11_w45/1204285/screenshot_fill-color-2.PNG" /></a>
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im not, please see screenshot below

screenshot 2https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/11_w45/1204285/screenshot_fill-color-2.PNG

screenshot_fill-color-2.PNG

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Oops, I meant conditional formatting not conditional formula.
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Oops, I meant conditional formatting not conditional formula.

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I was correcting a typo in &nbsp;previous post.
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I was correcting a typo in  previous post.

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hi ryan chong, i have uploaded the file here for you.<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/11_w45/1204316/protect---ifstatements_3.xlsx" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="ifstatement - screenshot 3 (10 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>protect---ifstatements_3.xlsx</a>
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hi ryan chong, i have uploaded the file here for you.
protect---ifstatements_3.xlsx [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2017/11_w45/1204316/protect---ifstatements_3.xlsx]

protect---ifstatements_3.xlsx

protect---ifstatements_3_b.xlsx

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hi experts, the following if statement is producing a &quot;value error&quot; and i dont understand why, could you assist?<br />
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=IF(AND(J3=$K$1,&quot;now due&quot;,J3&gt;$K$1,&quot;overdue&quot;),&quot;&quot;<wbr />)
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hi experts, the following if statement is producing a "value error" and i dont understand why, could you assist?

=IF(AND(J3=$K$1,"now due",J3>$K$1,"overdue"),"")

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