Last month, we used conditional formatting to highlight holidays in a matrix-style calendar; we added this enhancement to an earlier article that used conditional formatting to highlight weekends. By ...

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 ...

Regardless of whether your Excel spreadsheet contains a little or a lot of data, you may want to have cells that meet certain criteria stand out. Excel lets you set some conditional formatting rules ...

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 ...

Watching cells blend into a dull blur nearly pushed me over the edge. Adding a splash of strategic highlighting changed everything. Conditional formatting makes my numbers pop out just right, and I've ...

All the cells of negative numbers will become red, while the positive numbers will remain the same. You can create your own custom format in Excel to highlight negative numbers. Select the range of ...

How to avoid a conditional formatting rule in Excel that doesn’t work as expected Your email has been sent Microsoft Excel’s conditional formatting is a flexible tool that applies formatting on the ...

Jump LinksRepeat the previous formatting step with F4Duplicate or replace formatting on a bigger scaleUse cell styles for theme consistencyCenter across selection (instead of merging and centering)Use ...

We all know that, when you right click on a cell in an Excel worksheet, it is possible to change the format of the cell, from its numeric type, alignment, and text property to its surround and ...

When reading across a wide list of data, such as an account ledger or product description list, it is easy to confuse the rows. This is especially true when scrolling across the screen. To minimize ...