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A primer on conditional

formatting
C O N D I T I O N A L F O R M AT T I N G I N S P R E A D S H E E T S

Adam Steinfurth
Instructor
When to use conditional formatting
Small or medium size data

Changing data
Formatting remains when the underlying data changes

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


Parts of conditional formatting
Single color / Color Scale

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


Parts of conditional formatting
Single color / Color Scale

Range

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


Parts of conditional formatting
Single color / Color Scale

Range

Condition (Format cells if)

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


Parts of conditional formatting
Single color / Color Scale

Range

Condition (Format cells if)

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


Parts of conditional formatting
Single color / Color Scale

Range

Condition (Format cells if)

Style

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
Let's give it a try!
C O N D I T I O N A L F O R M AT T I N G I N S P R E A D S H E E T S
Conditional formatting of top
and bottom values
C O N D I T I O N A L F O R M AT T I N G I N S P R E A D S H E E T S

Adam Steinfurth
Instructor
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
Greater than 10%
Greater than

10% or 0.1

Green

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
Less than -10%
Only half of the story

What decreased?

Another rule on same page

Take advantage of colors

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
Let's practice!
C O N D I T I O N A L F O R M AT T I N G I N S P R E A D S H E E T S
Conditional formatting using
dates
C O N D I T I O N A L F O R M AT T I N G I N S P R E A D S H E E T S

Adam Steinfurth
Instructor
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
Highlight your dates

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
How dates and times are stored
Dates are just numbers

It's in the formatting

Short Date Number

12/31/1999 36,525.00

1/1/2000 36,526.00

12/31/1999 12:00 pm 36,525.50

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS


CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING IN SPREADSHEETS
Let's practice!
C O N D I T I O N A L F O R M AT T I N G I N S P R E A D S H E E T S

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