Explore and use preset rules for conditional formatting Thanks to Microsoft’s preset rules, you don’t necessarily need to create a custom rule from scratch.

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

Common wisdom says you just can't apply conditional formatting in a Google Apps spreadsheet using data from a different sheet. But here at THE Journal, we laugh in the face of wisdom, common or ...

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.

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.

Common wisdom says you just can't apply conditional formatting in a Google Apps spreadsheet using data from a different sheet. But here at Campus Technology, we laugh in the face of wisdom, common or ...

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

A row-by-row formatting rule is as easy to apply as a column-by-column in Microsoft Excel, but you might not get the results you thought you would.

Access' conditional formatting feature is just as comprehensive, flexible, and powerful as Excel, but many users aren't aware it exists.