This guide describes how to grey out unused cells in Excel in Windows 11/10, apply a solid fill color, use Conditional Formatting, or hide unused rows/columns.
To clean up the messy data, it needs to be loaded into the Power Query Editor.
Press Ctrl+; to insert the current date. Press Ctrl+Shift+; to insert the current time. Press Ctrl+; > Space > Ctrl+Shift+; ...