TheTopand BottomRulesrepresent the second type of Conditional Formatting in Excel. These rules allow you to highlight either the highest or lowest values from a large dataset or determine the top or bottom percentage of data. Let’s explore various scenarios using the dataset provided: Case 1: ...
Conditional Formatting with Formulas Take your Excel skills to the next level and use a formula to determine which cells to format. Formulas that apply conditional formatting must evaluate to TRUE or FALSE. 1. Select the range A1:E5. 2. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Condition...
On the Home tab of the ribbon, select Conditional Formatting > New Rule... Select 'Format only cells that contain'. Lave the first drop down set to 'Cell Value'. Select 'equal to' from the second drop down. Enter ="Sat" in the box next to it. Click Format... Acti...
Select the cells that you want to format conditionally. On the Home tab of the ribbon, select Conditional Formatting > New Rule... Select 'Format only cells that contain'. Lave the first drop down set to 'Cell Value'. Select 'equal to' from the second drop down. Enter ="Sat" i...
BackColor = ExcelKnownColors.Yellow; //Applying conditional formatting to "F6" condition = worksheet.Range["F6"].ConditionalFormats; IConditionalFormat condition3 = condition.AddCondition(); //Setting conditional format rule that the cell value for target range should be less than or equal to ...
Example 2 – Highlight Cells That Are Equal to Another Cell We are going to format the values that match the cell value of E5. Steps: Select all the cells in the dataset excluding headers. Go to the Home tab on your ribbon. Select Conditional Formatting from the Styles group section. Se...
When done editing, clickOKtwice to save the changes and return to Excel. For our example, we've chosen the red cross to highlight values greater than or equal to 50% and the green tick mark to highlight values less than 20%. For in-between values, the yellow exclamation mark w...
Greater than or equal to Between two values Text that contains specific words or characters Date occurring in a certain range Duplicate values Top/bottom N numbers How to use a preset rule with custom formatting If none of the predefined formats suits you, you can choose any other colors for...
=(E4-D4)>=20 if the difference between the two dates is greater than or equal to 20 Important:You must use the stop-if-true checkbox for Rule 1 and Rule 2. How to highlight overlapping dates in Excel Sometimes, you need to highlight cells where dates overlap. In the example, you...
void addAboveAverageRule(ConditionalFormat* cFormat, bool aboveAverage = true, bool equalAverage = false, int stdDev = 0, bool stopIfTrue = 0) Adds a conditional formatting rule that highlights cells that are above or below the average for all values in the range: cFormat - the condition...