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, ...

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 ...

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” ...

To change the cell background with VBA Editor in Excel follow these steps: Launch Microsoft Excel. Click the Developer tab, then click the Visual Basic button. Once the VBA Editor is open, type the ...

How to add color to a drop-down list in Excel Your email has been sent Color can be a powerful element in an Excel drop-down list, and it’s easier to add than you might think. Perhaps you want to use ...

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 ...

I'm creating a utility in Excel that takes mesh bad leveling raw data (49 values, 7x7 grid, with the center value being what all other values are being compared to). Some values are positive, some are ...

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 ...