Excel Conditional Formatting

Conditional Formatting

Conditional formatting is used to change the appearance of cells in a range based on your specified conditions.

The conditions are rules based on specified numerical values or matching text.

The browser version of Excel provides a number of built-in conditions and appearances:

Conditional Formatting Example

Here, the Speed values of each pokemon is formatted with a Color Scale:

Color Scale Formatting Example

Highlight the Speed values of each Pokemon with Color scale conditional formatting.

Name Type 1 Speed Bulbasaur Grass 45 Ivysaur Grass 60 Venusaur Grass 80 Charmander Fire 65 Charmeleon Fire 80 Charizard Fire 100 Squirtle Water 43 Wartortle Water 58

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Conditional formatting, step by step:

1. Select the range of Speed values C2:C9

2. Click on the Conditional Formatting icon in the ribbon, from the Home menu
3. Select Color Scales from the drop-down menu

There are 12 Color Scale options with different color variations.

The color on the top of the icon will apply to the highest values.

4. Click on the "Green - Yellow - Red Colour Scale" icon

Now, the Speed value cells will have a colored background highlighting:

Dark green is used for the highest values, and dark red for the lowest values.

Charizard has the highest Speed value (100) and Squirtle has the lowest Speed value (43).

All the cells in the range gradually change color from green, yellow, orange, then red.