How To Use Excel Conditional Formatting

Create a conditional formatting rule and select the formula option.

How to use excel conditional formatting. You can use conditional formatting in excel to automatically add color and style to cells that contain certain values or meet other criteria you define. You can create a formula based conditional formatting rule in four easy steps. Go to the home section and click conditional formatting. First select the cells you want to format. In the conditional formatting rules manager window click the new rule button.

After that go to home tab styles conditional formatting new rule use a formula to determine which cell to format. Choose new rule to open the new formatting rule dialog box. Select the cells you want to format. Set formatting options and save the rule. Then go to home conditional formatting and select an option from the built in menu or click on manage rules.

Conditional formatting that uses cell background colors to highlight different product categories a 3 arrow icon set to show cost trends up level down and data bars to show differences between product mark ups. To get started open your worksheet in excel and highlight the cells you want to format. Select the first cell in the first row you d like to format click the conditional formatting button in the styles section of the home tab and then select manage rules from the dropdown menu. Click highlight cells rules greater than. On the home tab click the conditional formatting button on the toolbar and then select new rule from the menu.

Click on the home tab of the ribbon. Use a formula to determine which cells to format. Under select a rule type click the last option. Click the conditional formatting button in the home tab of the ribbon. First of all select the range where you want to apply conditional formatting.

Now in the format values where formula is true enter below formula. The formatting options are divided into gradient fill and solid fill. On the home tab in the styles group click conditional formatting. Here you ll see different formatting options of the data bars. Click on the conditional formatting icon in the ribbon to open the drop down.