Excel's conditional formatting tool applies formatting depending on cells' contents. Validation rules can change cells font, style, size or border. They can also change the text's color. For example, ...

Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, overwhelmed by rows and columns of data, wondering how to make sense of it all? Imagine being able to instantly spot trends, outliers, or urgent tasks ...

Use Excel’s conditional formatting feature to display simple icons Your email has been sent Understanding your data and how Excel's conditional formatting works is the key to accurately using icons to ...

Last year, I showed you a dynamic approach to using conditional formatting to highlight weekends in a monthly matrix-style calendar. In that article, "Use Excel's conditional formatting to highlight ...

Microsoft Excel doesn’t require any introduction, does it? If you are new to Excel, it may seem overwhelming at first, but ...

Software engineer Chandoo shares some Excel conditional formatting tricks that make for good-looking and useful spreadsheets, like a Gantt chart. Conditional formatting makes a cell look a certain way ...

Have you ever spent hours perfecting your Excel spreadsheet, only to watch your carefully crafted formatting fall apart the moment you insert a new row? It’s a maddeningly common issue for Excel users ...