Using rules to highlight cells based on a value, text, or date is probably the most popular type of conditional formatting in Excel. With this option, you can do things like highlight cells with ...

Learn how to use conditional formatting in Excel to apply different formats to cells based on values, formulas, or rules. Highlight trends and outliers in your data with four easy steps.

How to use conditional formatting to compare values from row to row, or not, in Excel Your email has been sent Conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel has been around for a long time, but I find ...

Step 1: Highlight the course grades: Use your mouse to select the course grades. In this example, cells AI2 through AI20 would be selected. Step 2: Create conditional formatting rules: On the Home tab ...

This conditional format will highlight the subtotaling rows. Currently, the data set contains no formulas in column C so there’s no formatting. Now, using the steps in the previous section ...

Hi amrutah – you are correct that in Excel 2010 and later, the conditional formatting rules can be very complex. But as I noted, they can be hard to maintain. One suggestion I can make (and how often ...

Excel offers several built-in conditional formatting rules you can apply to your data. (Click image to enlarge it.) We’ll demonstrate using Excel for Windows under a Microsoft 365 subscription.