Conditional statement if date in cell is 'today'

Question

I'm trying to basically do: IF A1 is Today then highlight/bold/whatever B1 through F1.

Specifically I want to select a range of cells for the rule to apply to but I don't know how to write the IF statement in the "Use a formula to determine which cells to format" section

Answer 1

Please select B1:F1 HOME > Styles - Conditional Formatting, New Rule..., Use a formula to determine which cells to format and Format values where this formula is true: :

=$A1=TODAY()

Format... , select choice of formatting, OK, OK.

Because CF is Conditional Formatting an IF statement is not normally required (it is assumed) - just a formula that returns TRUE.