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, ...

Q. Is there a way to color-code cells based on their cell content? For example, if cells state “Woman-Owned,” could those cells automatically become red and the cells that state “Large Company” ...

If-Then rules allow you to create colorful business spreadsheets that do more than look pretty. Meaningful colors can help you and others identify data quickly, recognize trends and even spot ...

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I've got an Excel 97 worksheet in which I need to validate some cells. No problem, I'll just use Data->Validate, right? Wrong. The built in validation works well enough as long as the user doesn't ...

In this post, we will show you how to change the Gridline color in Excel. Gridlines are the lightly visible lines that appear around cells in a worksheet to differentiate them and make the data easier ...

Dropdowns are useful features that simplify data entry and enforce data validations in spreadsheet software. Creating a dropdown list is easy. And you might have done that already in Excel. But did ...

How to count individual cells within a row by their fill color in Excel Your email has been sent The article How to easily sum values by a cell’s background color in Excel shows you an easy way to ...

Have you ever stared at a colorful Excel spreadsheet, wondering how to quickly calculate totals or counts based on cell colors? It’s a common frustration for anyone managing large datasets. While ...