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.

If you find yourself struggling trying to efficiently format large numbers in Excel spreadsheets. Manually adjusting figures to display in thousands or millions, you will be pleased to know that ...

I can't figure out why the decimals and commas in my Excel-based cash flow statement (using the "Accounting Format") don't line up properly. What's going on?

As an example, suppose you have an Excel workbook that contains each student’s numerical course grades, but you would like a visual way to differentiate each student’s letter grade (A, B, C, D, or F).

How to use OR () in Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel’s OR () function will help us find the top-three ranking values: 1, 2 and 3. We’ll use the OR () function in our conditional format formula.