Mastering Conditional Formatting in Excel: A Beginner’s Guide

“Careful driving in and out, pay attention to observation” – a familiar saying of the rice truck driver on Hang Bong Street every early morning, just like how you need to be meticulous and accurate when processing data in Excel. Want to make your Excel spreadsheet more vivid and easier to track? “Coloring cells in Excel based on conditions” is a simple yet effective solution for you.

1. What is “Conditional Formatting” and Why Use It?

Imagine you’re the owner of a Thaco Truong Hai truck dealership on Nguyen Van Linh Street, managing a list of hundreds of customers. It would be difficult to quickly grasp information about potential customers or those who have purchased heavy-duty trucks.

“Coloring cells in Excel based on conditions,” or Conditional Formatting, is like classifying trucks by load capacity. This feature allows you to automatically color data cells in Excel based on specific conditions you define. For example:

• Highlight cells with Hyundai HD120s truck sales revenue greater than 100 million in red.
• Color cells containing customer names in Hoan Kiem District in blue.

Benefits of Using Conditional Formatting:

• Easy Identification: Quickly identify important information that needs to be prioritized.
• Time Savings: Eliminates manual searching, allowing you to analyze and process data faster.
• Professional Presentation: Makes your Excel spreadsheet more visually appealing, lively, and easier to understand.

2. Detailed Guide to Conditional Formatting in Excel

To implement conditional formatting, you can use the built-in Conditional Formatting feature in Excel.

Steps:

1. Select the data range you want to apply conditional formatting to.
2. Go to the Home tab, in the Styles group, select Conditional Formatting.
3. Choose the rule type you want to use. Some common rule types:
   • Highlight Cells Rules: Color cells based on their values (greater than, less than, equal to, containing…).
   • Top/Bottom Rules: Color cells with the highest, lowest, above average values…
   • Data Bars, Color Scales, Icon Sets: Use data bars, color scales, and icons to represent data more visually.
4. Set the condition and choose the color for the cells as desired.
5. Click OK to apply the formatting.

Example: You want to highlight cells in the “Revenue” column with values greater than 50 million in yellow.

1. Select the “Revenue” column.
2. Go to Home > Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cells Rules > Greater Than….
3. Enter the value 50000000 in the “Format cells that are GREATER THAN” box.
4. Choose yellow in the “With” section.
5. Click OK.

Example of conditional formatting in Excel

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4. Frequently Asked Questions about Conditional Formatting

Question 1: How to color multiple cells with different conditions?

Answer: You can apply multiple conditional formatting rules to the same data range. Excel will prioritize the rule that was set last.

Question 2: How to remove applied conditional formatting?

Answer: Select the data range, go to Home > Conditional Formatting > Clear Rules > Clear Rules from Selected Cells.

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Conclusion

Conditional formatting is a useful feature that helps you process and present data more effectively. Apply this helpful knowledge to improve your work efficiency today.

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