Microsoft Excel- Conditional Formatting

Learn all about Conditional Formatting, An accelerated, step-by-step program for Conditional Formatting

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Last Updated: 2023-12-21 05:12:58 English Course Type: Self Learning

Basics of Conditional formatting
Kinds of conditional formatting
Custom conditional formatting with formulas
How to highlight lines that are
How to build a search box with conditional formatting. Filtering to find data works, but it hides everything else. With this clever formula, you can easily highlight just the data you're looking for and leave the rest alone for reference.
How to calculate and highlight expiration dates - quickly highlight dates that are within 60 days, 30 days, or any time frame you need
How to do zebra striping with conditional formatting - with simple formulas, you can apply

One of the hottest trends today is data visualization. Why? Because when data is presented visually, people understand it immediately. This course will show you how to use Excel's conditional formatting to communicate key insights with clarity and impact. This is an accelerated program that takes you step-by-step through the capabilities of this powerful tool

What you'll learn

The basics

What is conditional formatting?
How conditional formatting is applied with rules.
How to create, manage, and delete new conditional formatting rules.

Kinds of conditional formatting

How to use conditional formatting to highlight top and bottom values
How to use conditional formatting to mark values that are above or below average.
How to use conditional formatting to create in-cell data bars.
How to use color scales with conditional formatting.
How to apply conditional formatting with icons.
How to highlight specific text with conditional formatting.
How to show duplicate values with conditional formatting.

Custom conditional formatting with formulas

How to apply conditional formatting with a formula. Formulas are the gateway to more powerful and flexible conditional formats.
How to apply Conditional formatting based on a value in a different cell
How to use Conditional formatting with variable inputs. This pro tip lets you set up a rule, then change its behavior by changing values on the worksheet.
How to highlight rows with conditional formatting formulas. This is a classy technique that you can use all the time to build cool-looking worksheets.
How to test a conditional formatting formula. When you're creating new formulas, the trickiest problem is to make sure the formulas are working correctly. You'll learn a simple way to confirm your formulas before you waste a lot of time.

Practical applications

How to add a dynamic conditional formatting "key" (a cool trick).
How to highlight lines that are "too long" with conditional formatting - a great example of how to use CF for quality control.
How to build a search box with conditional formatting. Filtering to find data works, but it hides everything else. With this clever formula, you can easily highlight just the data you're looking for and leave the rest alone for reference.
How to calculate and highlight expiration dates - quickly highlight dates that are within 60 days, 30 days, or any time frame you need.
How to do zebra striping with conditional formatting - with simple formulas, you can apply "zebra stripes" with exactly the formatting and logic you want. This makes it really easy to toggle formatting on or off as you like for a polished and professional effect.

Having Excel installed, any excel version will do

People who want to learn Excel Conditional Formatting
Advanced users who might need to do a review and go back to the basics on excel conditional formatting
Beginners to Intermediate Users who want to develop their excel skills
Controllers that work with excel, power bi python and so on that will find conditional formatting very useful for developing their controls and alerts to the next level

Section 1 : Course Introduction 1 Lectures 00:00:00
Lecture 1 :
How i Design this course Preview
Section 2 : Conditional Formatting Introduction 1 Lectures 00:03:22
Lecture 1 :
What is conditional formatting?
Section 3 : Working with conditional formatting rules 4 Lectures 00:05:07
Lecture 1 :
How to create a conditional formatting rule
Lecture 2 :
How to revise a conditional formatting rule
Lecture 3 :
How to add additional conditional formatting rules
Lecture 4 :
How to delete conditional formatting rules
Section 4 : Built-in Conditional formats 7 Lectures 00:09:21
Lecture 1 :
How to highlight top and bottom values
Lecture 2 :
How to highlight above and below average values
Lecture 3 :
How to use data bars with conditional formatting
Lecture 4 :
How to use color scales with conditional formatting
Lecture 5 :
How to use Icon sets with conditional formatting
Lecture 6 :
How to highlight text values with conditional formatting
Lecture 7 :
How to show duplicate values with conditional formatting
Section 5 : Conditional formatting with formulas 5 Lectures 00:10:17
Lecture 1 :
How to apply conditional formatting with a formula
Lecture 2 :
Conditional formatting with one variable input
Lecture 3 :
Conditional formatting with two variable inputs
Lecture 4 :
How to highlight rows with conditional formatting
Lecture 5 :
How to highlight rows using multiple criteria
Section 6 : Practical application 5 Lectures 00:13:34
Lecture 1 :
How to add a conditional formatting key
Lecture 2 :
How to check line length with conditional formatting
Lecture 3 :
How to build a search box with conditional formatting
Lecture 4 :
How to create zebra stripes with conditional formatting
Lecture 5 :
How to compare two lists and highlight differences

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