Excel cell formatting

I have a programme that sorts through test results and picks out the rejects according to its "delta" value. I've noticed now that some rejects weren't picked up for some reason. As a fail safe I want to be able to highlight any cell whose value is above a certain limit in two columns.
Any ideas?
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Hello Kevin,
Here is a Quick diagram that should help you get started on highlighting the data you want. It looks at the column "7" data and compares it to a requirement then changes the Cell formating to a green color if the equals is true. As you can probably guess the Flase case changes the cell color to red.
I hope this helps.

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