Learn how to highlight dates before today and a specific date with and without using the Today() function in Microsoft Excel.

Whether you are a seasoned analyst or an Excel newbie, follow this post to harness conditional formatting for Excel automation. From analyzing sales performance to monitoring stock trends, I'll ...

Learn how to master Excel 365 conditional formatting to transform raw data into actionable insights with this step-by-step guide.

Microsoft Excel’s RANK.EQ () function ranks a set of values, but in a busy sheet, the top-ranking items might get lost. You can combine RANK.EQ () with a conditional formatting rule to highlight ...

Method for Excel 2019 The following method works for Excel versions 2013 through 2019. Click the cell containing the conditional format you want to copy.

Jazz up your Microsoft Excel workbook by creating conditional statements to visually represent trends within your data. The Conditional Format tool allows you to define conditional statements to ...

As an example, suppose you have an Excel workbook that contains each student’s numerical course grades, but you would like a visual way to differentiate each student’s letter grade (A, B, C, D, or F).

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

Task Management You can use conditional formatting for task management scenarios in Excel, but the most common application for me is highlighting overdue tasks.

Susan Harkins shows you how to visually identify holidays using Excel's conditional formatting feature.