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This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to customize conditional formatting in Excel using formulas. It includes instructions for applying and modifying conditional formatting rules based on specific criteria, such as highlighting cells in green or orange. The exercise concludes with saving the workbook after making the necessary changes to the formatting rules.

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This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to customize conditional formatting in Excel using formulas. It includes instructions for applying and modifying conditional formatting rules based on specific criteria, such as highlighting cells in green or orange. The exercise concludes with saving the workbook after making the necessary changes to the formatting rules.

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2 learn to customize conditional formatting using a formula

In this exercise, you will use a formula to apply conditional formatting.

1. Open New York Temperatures Formatting Formulas.xlsx located in the 3274 Exercise
Files\StarterFiles folder, and save it as My New York Temperatures Formatting
Formulas.xlsx in the 3274 Exercise Files\MyProjects folder.
2. Enter the following values into the worksheet:

Excel automatically formatted cell C19 using the same settings as the cells above containing
numbers. You need to clear this formatting so that it shows as a year value without the decimal digits.

3. Select cell C19 again, then on the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Clear, and click Clear
Formats.

4. Select the cell range A1:M17.

5. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Conditional Formatting, then click New Rule.
6. In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, click Use a formula to determine which cells to
format in the Select a Rule Type list.
7. In the Format values where this formula is true field, type: =$A1=$B$19$.
8. Click the Format button.
9. In the Format Cells dialog box, on the Fill tab, click the green standard color (bottom row, fifth
from the right), and click OK.
10. In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, click OK to complete the creation of the conditional
formatting rule. In the worksheet, only cell C1 is highlighted in green because it is the only cell
in which the formula entered in step 6 evaluates to the value of TRUE (for this cell, the formula
is adjusted to =$C1=$B$19$). The conditional format can be modified so that the entire
column is highlighted in green.
11. Click Conditional Formatting in the Ribbon, then click Manage Rules.
12. With the sole rule already selected, click Edit Rule.
13. In the Format values where this formula is true field, change the formula to: =$A$1=$B$19
and click OK.
14. In the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager dialog box, click OK. The entire column is now
highlighted. Every cell (not just C1) in the cell range C1:C17 will now have the formula in the
conditional format adjusted to =$C1=$B$19.
15. Ensure that the range A1:M17 is still selected, click Conditional Formatting, then click New
Rule.
16. In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, click Use a formula to determine which cells to
format in the Select a Rule Type list.
17. In the Format values where this formula is true field, type: =$A1=$C$19.
18. Click the Format button, click the orange standard color (bottom row, third from the left), and
click OK.
19. In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, click OK to complete creating the conditional
formatting rule.
20. Click in any blank cell outside of the range A1:M17 to view the results of the conditional
formatting.

The screen should look similar to the following:

21. Click cell B19, and type: Sep.


22. Click cell C19, and type: 2018. With these changes, every cell in column J is green, except cell
J15. Every cell in row 15 is orange, including cell J15.
23. Click Conditional Formatting in the Ribbon, then click Manage Rules.
24. In the Show formatting rules for list box, click the arrow and select This Worksheet.
25. With the top-most rule already selected, click the Move Down button, then click OK. By
switching the sequence of the conditional formatting rules, the one that highlights in green now
takes precedence. The entire column is now green, including cell J15.
26. Save and close the workbook.

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