Visualizing task status is crucial for effective project management, and Excel's conditional formatting provides a powerful way to achieve this. Suppose you are managing a website redesign project.

One way to get around this issue is to convert the Excel table to a range by selecting any cell in the table, and clicking ...

Excel's conditional formatting lets you formats cells based on the value of those cells or their formulas. Learn the basics of this amazing feature.

Software engineer Chandoo shares some Excel conditional formatting tricks that make for good-looking and useful spreadsheets, like a Gantt chart.

How to create conditional formatting rules in Excel Once the custom value formats exist, you can apply them using conditional formatting rules. Right now, the format is set to General.

If your subtotaling rows are lost in a sea of worksheet data, use this simple conditional formatting technique to make those rows easy to spot.

Conditional formatting highlights key information in a spreadsheet so it’s easy to see at a glance. This beginner’s guide gets you started using conditional formatting.

Access' conditional formatting feature is just as comprehensive, flexible, and powerful as Excel, but many users aren't aware it exists.

Excel's conditional formatting lets you customize how your data displays, from changing colors and shading to adding icons and more. Here's how it works.

A ‘Format as Table’ menu will pop up. This will give you a drop-down of table formatting options. I chose to use the middle green format in the Light category. Click for larger image.