In Excel, common causes include using relative references in formulas (so the rule shifts unexpectedly), mismatched data types (e.g., numbers stored as text), or having multiple overlapping ...

You can use conditional formatting to display simple graphs at the cell level. Susan Sales Harkins explains how. Thanks to conditional formats, graphs can be embedded at the cell level. Well, they’re ...

To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting. Data bars are a kind of conditional formatting, with the bar length based on the value of the ...

When you think VBA code is your only hope, try combing built-it conditional formatting tools. You might just find an easier solution than writing code. Editor’s Note: This article was originally ...