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You are solving a spreadsheet benchmark task in a real workbook. Objective: Produce the correct final workbook state for the expected answer region. What matters: - Only the values in the expected answer region will be graded. - The workbook is the answer. Instructions: 1. Read the workbook and inspect the relevant data region first. 2. Infer the required result for the provided workbook instance. 3. Write the final value(s) directly into the expected answer region. 4. Do not rely on prose, formulas in your chat response, pseudocode, or VBA as the answer unless the benchmark explicitly requires those to be written into cells. 5. If the natural-language task asks for a general method, formula, or macro, convert that into the concrete result needed for this workbook instance. 6. Keep your final text response short and only summarize the workbook cells you changed. Relevant data region(s): Expected answer region(s): E4:E14 Expected answer sheet(s): Task: I need assistance with an Excel spreadsheet where I have a range of predetermined dates in columns C and D. In column E, I've input a formula that will display "Select Period" based on a date specified in cell B2 compared to that date range, in this case cells E4 through E8. I want to have all the cells above the one displaying "Select Period" automatically filled with "Select Period" as well, with this setup responding accordingly when the Project Start Date in B2 changes. Could someone provide a solution? The spreadsheet is attached for reference. My current formula is: =IF(AND($B$2>C4,$B$2<D4),"Select Period","Do Not Select")