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Conditional formatting in Excel
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Conditional Formatting
• Makes spreadsheets of complex data easier to read by formatting cells based on the data contained.
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Highlight text in cells
Home tab
Click here for Conditional Formatting options
Highlight column to apply formatting to
Cursor over option Highlight Cell Rules
As the column contains text, click Text that Contains….
Type text to format in this boxClick here to choose formatting
Choose the option for how you want to format the data
Click OK
All of the cells within the highlighted range now have the chosen formatting
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Colour scales
Highlight column you wish to format Click Conditional
Formatting
Put cursor over the Color Scales option
Put cursor over formatting option
Text is displayed to show the formatting which will be chosen if this is applied.
Select More Rules to have more control over how formatting will appear
Options to format the cells
Format Style Options
Value on which to carry out the formatting
Colour of formatting can be chosen
Click OK to finalise formatting
Three colour formatting based on the value compared to other cells in the range
Click here to find out how to cancel
formatting
Cancelling rules
Click Conditional Formatting
Cursor over Clear Rules
Select Clear Rules from Entire Sheet
Formatting on the sheet clears
Click here to
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