How to compare two columns in Excel

How to compare two columns in Excel

Comparing the data in two different columns is a frequently used method in data analysis. In Excel, you can compare using formulas or highlighting. In this guide, we’re going to show you how to compare two columns in Excel using these two methods.Compare two columns...
How to use format painter in Excel

How to use format painter in Excel

The Format Painter is the life saver when you need to copy only the formatting settings from one section to the other in your spreadsheet. In this guide, we’re going to show you how to use format painter in Excel. The best part is, this feature is supported by pretty...
How to insert a check mark in Excel

How to insert a check mark in Excel

A check mark is the universal character for confirmed tasks and is widely used in managing lists. Seeing how commonly it’s used in organizing ourselves, you would think that there should be a keystroke for this! In this article, we listed 5 methods you can use...
How to highlight values based on item lists

How to highlight values based on item lists

It’s often a good idea to highlight the duplicate values in a data set to help easily identify the outliers. Let us show you how to highlight values based on item lists using Conditional Formatting. Syntax =COUNTIF( absolute reference of list of values, relative...
How to highlight quartiles in Excel

How to highlight quartiles in Excel

It is often a good idea to highlight duplicate values in a data set to help easily identify the outliers. In this article we are going to explain how to find quartiles in Excel and highlight them dynamically with Conditional Formatting. Syntax = relative reference of...
How to highlight cells by values

How to highlight cells by values

Highlighting cells is a good way to visualize content to locate areas that needs attention. Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature is a great tool for this job. How to highlight cells by values article will show how you can create highlight cells based on...
How to highlight a column

How to highlight a column

To highlight a column may be tricky because there is no built-in option in Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature. Here, you can find out how you can do this dynamically using Excel formulas. Steps Begin by selecting rows by clicking on column letters Open...