2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

Date:2019-7-17 Author:Cordelia

Working with the data in Excel spreadsheets often requires a reminder of the due date, such as the due date of receivable. In this post, I’ll introduce 2 methods to add a due date reminder in your Excel sheet. Hope it can be helpful to your work.

1. Functions

See the example below. I create 3 columns in the table and input =TODAY()” in A2, which refers to today’s date. It will be update automatically every time I open the file.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

Press Enter or click anywhere outside the cell, the date will show.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

Then input the due date in B2 directly since it’s fixed.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

In my case, I want to be alerted when there are less than 10 days left before due date. So I input =IF(B2-A2<=10,”DUE”,””) in C2. It means when the result of B2-A2 is less than 10 or equals to 10, the text of “DUE” will show in the cell. Otherwise it shows as blank. So I can only see a blank cell in C2 for now.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

In order to check the effect of the reminder. I change the due date in B2 to 2019/7/27, and then the text in C2 changes as well, which proves this method works.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

2. Conditional Formatting

If you don’t want to add a new column as reminder in the sheet, you can try another method to make the cells change color when the expiration date approaches.

For example, I hope B2 can turn to red when the remaining time is less than 10 days.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

Select this cell, click HomeConditional FormattingNew Rule.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

Choose Use a formula to determine which cells to format as Rule Type. Input the formula “=B2-TODAY()<=10” in the textbox below. Then click Format.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

Switch to Fill tab, choose the color you want and hit OK.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

Now the color of B2 has changed into red since the result of the formula is less than 10.

2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel

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20 responses to “2 Ways to Add Auto Reminders on Due Date in Excel”

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  5. Eddy Win says:

    How to copy & paste the formula conditioning format for the next column

    • Cordelia says:

      Hi Eddy, I’m not sure what you refer to, but using the shortcuts [Ctrl+C], [Ctrl+V] can copy and paste not only the text in the cell but also the conditional formatting rule.

  6. Roslin says:

    Hi Guys,

    Thanks for being helpful!!

  7. Vidhi Rane says:

    Thanks A lot for this information

  8. Dana says:

    How would I format this for multiple cells? I used the second method suggested, but let’s say I would like that same conditional formatting (=B2-TODAY()<=10) to apply not just to b2 but all the cells in the b column (or even columns b,c, and d). Would I have to go into each cell and rewrite the formula plugging in b3, b4, b5, etc? It seems very tedious to go cell by cell so I didnt know if there was another way! Thanks 🙂

  9. smith says:

    Thanks for the article with simple examples. It’s crystal clear & easy to absorb for beginners.

  10. Camila Lourdes says:

    OMG, been looking mfor this on many sites and this one was the only that could help me. Thanks a mill. If anyone needs the template I’m happy to help

  11. Gautam says:

    Very nice expansion. Is there a way out where a reminder or alarm will pop up on the due date.

  12. Russ Spoon says:

    I tried this formula with 380 (6months). it did not work, is there another one I should be using?

  13. Dave says:

    I closely followed your instructions and reproduced your example using the same formula you had shown: =IF(B2-A2<=10,”DUE”,””)
    That formula returns the error #NAME? in cell C2.
    Have tried to troubleshoot it, but unable to find what's causing that error.
    Any advice?
    Thank you

    • Sandra says:

      There are two reasons for causing the error #NAME?.
      No.1 Check the formula name for misspellings.
      No.2 Check for missing symbols, such as commas and double quotes.

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