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Robert has attended:
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Conditional formating

I've heard that with the latest version of Excel the conditional formating section has been expanded and improved. What has been added and is this in practice very helpful?

RE: Conditional formating

Hi Robert

Thank you for your question.

Yes, the conditional formatting in the 2007 version of Excel has been changed.

The main differences are that it has features called Data Bars, Colour Scales and Icon Sets which you can apply. What this does it that it automatically calculates in thirds (lowest third, middle third, highest third) and formats them according to what you've chosen. For example, Colour Scales would apply one colour to the lowest third, another to the middle third and another to the highest third. All in all, it's more of a comestic/visual effect than anything else.

The other change is that whereas before you could set more than one rule for an area of data that you had selected, in 2007 it seems you have to set rules one at a time.

I hope this helps to answer your question.
Amanda

RE: Conditional formating

I came across this:



which seems to be a pretty comprehensive summary of the new features.

RE: Conditional formating

Excel tip:

Create a hyperlink navigation sheet

In large files, it is often useful to have a front sheet with hyperlinks to the key databases and summary calculations in your spreadsheet. Hyperlinks can save you and (more importantly) those less familiar with your spreadsheet a great deal of pointless scrolling between and within sheets.



Hyperlinks appear as underlined text and can jump to any cell or range name in your file. You can also use hyperlinks to jump to other files.



To create a hyperlink to a location in the active workbook: (1) Select the cell that contains the text you want to use as the hyperlink and choose Insert|Hyperlink.(2)Click Place in this document.(3)Choose the sheet you want to link to or the range name from the list of "Defined Names".(4)If necessary, type the cell reference in the Type in the cell reference box. (5) Click OK.

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