It’s not hard to add an alternating band format to a table by applying a table style. It’s quick and easy, but it’s limited. You’ll get a single-row fill color that alternates with a row of white (or ...

Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, feeling overwhelmed by rows and columns of data that all seem to blur together? You’re not alone. Whether you’re tracking project deadlines, analyzing ...

Microsoft Excel 2007's conditional formatting feature allows you to format cells based on certain criteria. As an example, you might want the row color to change based upon a credit or debit on a ...

Have you ever spent hours perfecting your Excel spreadsheet, only to watch your carefully crafted formatting fall apart the moment you insert a new row? It’s a maddeningly common issue for Excel users ...

One of the most common requests I receive from users is how to identify duplicate and unique values in Microsoft Excel. The easiest way I know is to apply a conditional format. In a nutshell, a ...

When you’re parsing through large amounts of data in a Google Sheets spreadsheet, conditional formatting can help you find those bits of information that you want. Conditional formatting helps to ...

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” ...

Quip, a startup with mobile apps for crafting and collaborating on documents, has turned on some useful capabilities when it comes to working with spreadsheets. Now you can click a couple of buttons ...

In Google Sheets, as in other spreadsheet programs, you can set the formatting of a cell (text color, background color) based on the data contained within that cell. This is called "conditional ...