Software engineer Chandoo shares some Excel conditional formatting tricks that make for good-looking and useful spreadsheets, like a Gantt chart.

Conditional formatting highlights key information in a spreadsheet so it’s easy to see at a glance. This beginner’s guide gets you started using conditional formatting.

Conditional formatting lets you transform static Excel spreadsheets into dynamic canvases of information. You can set different rules with formatting conditions, and the system highlights cells ...

The ABS () function works because it converts the text values of FALSE And TRUE, but it can’t convert just any text value. In addition, if you enter a numeric value other than 1 or 0, you’ll ...

Thanks to the linked cell property in Microsoft Excel, it's super easy to use the selected value as a condition in a macro or conditional formatting rule.