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Create an Expiry Alert in Excel
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Imagine having a dynamic and colour-coded dashboard at your fingertips, effortlessly keeping track of invoice statuses – it’s a game-changer!
In this lesson, we’ll guide you through setting up a dynamic system in your spreadsheet to indicate whether invoices are expired, about to expire, or on time.
We’ll guide you through each step and throw in a handy formatting hack for good measure. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a functional Expiry Alert system in your Excel spreadsheet, providing you with a quick and visually appealing overview of the status of invoices.
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