Project tracker with status and due dates
Build a project tracker with a status dropdown, red overdue dates that clear when a task is done, and counts by status and owner.
In this lesson
- Status dropdown: select the cells, then Insert, then Dropdown.
- Write the rule for the first cell of the range.
- Put
=TODAY()in G1 so "today" is always the current date.
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The steps
13 steps: 4 explanations, 7 Do this, 2 questions, then Your turn.
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
Confident · 9 min · Free, with no sign-up
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Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.
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