To clear formatting from the selected cells in your workbook in Microsoft Excel, you can use Clear Formats, Keyboard shortcuts, Format Painter tool, etc.

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.

Pro Tip: To open formatting options, just select the cell (s) you want to format and press Ctrl-1 (Mac: Command-1). This actually works for anything in Excel: charts elements, images, etc.

You can set up conditional formatting in Excel for dates. We have included detailed examples you can try while reading the guide.

Use Excel's conditional formatting feature to look at a specific cell in the row, determine if it's negative or positive and format the row based on the results.

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 MOD function doesn't have to be used to return a value—it can also be used to determine which cells should be formatted through conditional formatting.

Changing the Default Date Format Right-click your cell with the current date and select Format Cells. Choose the date format you wish to use for the date.

Combine an Excel custom format with data validation and remove the pressure for input perfection from personnel by letting Excel do the work.

Excel tables have many benefits that regular spreadsheets lack. The biggest is the option to use data from multiple tables to create queries and reports.

You can split cells into columns in Excel using the "Text to Columns" tool, which is a great way to organize lots of data.