You don’t need a complex expression to add conditional formatting to a filtered PivotTable in Microsoft Excel.

Excel's conditional formatting lets you customize how your data displays, from changing colors and shading to adding icons and more. Here's how it works.

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 ...

Create a new conditional formatting rule As you can see from the list above, Excel offers a quick and convenient way to add conditional formatting to your spreadsheets. However, for more complex ...

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.

Conditional formatting also lets you create bar graphics inline with your data, where the bar length gives a quick visual indicator comparing the figures of interest.

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.

Apply conditional formatting to visually flag key data points, such as products with above-average return rates, for quick identification of outliers.

Software engineer Chandoo shares some Excel conditional formatting tricks that make for good-looking and useful spreadsheets, like a Gantt chart.