This week's tutorial covers a number functions in Google's Spreadsheet app, Google Sheets. Here we take a practical look at using weekdays in calculations, introduce 'if' statements and learn how to ...

For you advanced users who want to skip ahead: You apply the conditional formatting using a custom formula and some variation on the INDIRECT function. In addition to specifying the column and row, ...

This week's tutorial covers a number functions in Google's Spreadsheet app, Google Sheets. Here we take a practical look at using weekdays in calculations, introduce 'if' statements and learn how to ...

Learn how to highlight dates before today and a specific date with and without using the Today() function in Microsoft Excel.

Susan Harkins shows you how to visually identify invalid dates using Excel's conditional formatting feature.

You can visualize deadlines using conditional formatting in Excel. Suppose you manage a marketing campaign with various tasks, each with a specific deadline. Here is how you can set it up in Excel.

For instance, you can use conditional formatting to highlight cells in red if their values fall below a certain number or use another color for values above a target. It can also be applied to ...

In that article, " Use Excel's conditional formatting to highlight weekends," we created the sheet shown in Figure A. By separating the year, month, and day, you can reuse the same sheet.

Excel's conditional formatting lets you formats cells based on the value of those cells or their formulas. Learn the basics of this amazing feature.

Microsoft Excel’s RANK.EQ() function ranks a set of values, but in a busy sheet, the top-ranking items might get lost. You can combine RANK.EQ() with a conditional formatting rule to highlight ...

If your subtotaling rows are lost in a sea of worksheet data, use this simple conditional formatting technique to make those rows easy to spot.