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 ...

Are you tired of manually updating and reviewing your Excel spreadsheets? When you deal with hundreds of rows and columns in ...

There's a fine line between a well-formatted Microsoft Excel worksheet and one that's full of issues that take time to fix. Whether you're an Excel newbie or a seasoned pro, avoiding these formatting ...

Have you ever opened an Excel spreadsheet and felt instantly overwhelmed by cluttered data, mismatched fonts, or confusing layouts? It’s a common frustration, yet so many of us accept it as the norm.

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, ...

With Microsoft Excel, you can simplify data entry by adding a drop-down list to a cell, allowing users to pick an option from the list instead of entering data. You can further tailor the spreadsheet ...

Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, feeling overwhelmed by rows and columns of data that all seem to blur together? You’re not alone. Whether you’re tracking project deadlines, analyzing ...

In my post on table formatting, I demonstrated how to transform your static data into a simple yet sexy database in a matter of seconds. If you don’t know how to use table formatting, go read that ...

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 ...

Q. Is there a way to conditionally format Excel so that my formulas automatically display a different font color? In this example, we have now successfully applied conditional formatting to cell A1, ...