Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

A giant grid of numbers can be mind-numbing. Once I discovered the magic of color-coded rules, spotting shifts and irregularities got a whole lot easier. A vivid spreadsheet quickly calls attention ...

How to Use Conditional Formatting to Make Larger Values More Readable in Excel Your email has been sent The article, Use a custom format in Excel to display easier to read millions uses a custom ...

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 ...

Conditional Formatting in Excel can be considered a valuable utility that can help visually enhance the data analysis and presentation in the spreadsheet by applying particular formatting based on pre ...

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 ...

Understanding Excel’s conditional formatting rules can help prevent unintended results Your email has been sent Avoid frustration and unintended formatting by learning how Excel applies conditional ...

Conditional formatting highlights key information in a spreadsheet so it’s easy to see at a glance. This beginner’s guide gets you started. Spreadsheets usually hold a wealth of information, but it ...

Excel remains an essential tool for data management, analysis, and visualization. In 2025, its evolving features and refined techniques make it more powerful than ever. But have you ever found ...

Each year, hundreds of thousands of American teenagers compete to be the best at Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and win up to $3,000 in the Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship. It’s ...