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MOD Function: Highlight Every Other Row or Column

You can apply different colors to rows or columns based on their position using conditional formatting and the MOD function. This function returns the remainder of a division operation. For instance, you can use it to check if a row number is odd or even and assign a color accordingly.

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Sum Cells That Meet Conditional Formatting Criteria

Conditional formatting is a useful feature in Excel that allows you to highlight data based on certain criteria. But what if you want to use formulas that only refer to the cells that have conditional formatting applied? Excel doesn’t have a built-in function for this, but there are some workarounds that you can use.

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Highlighting Formula Cells with Conditional Formatting

The IsFormula returns TRUE if the reference cell houses a formula and FALSE if it does not. You can use this Boolean result in conjunction with conditional formatting so that all formulas are highlighted automatically in a format of your choice.

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Setting Up Checkboxes for Conditional Formatting

Conditional formatting in Excel allows you to format selected cells based on values or formulas you specify. However, enabling and disabling it through the ribbon and dialog boxes can be a hassle. Fortunately, by incorporating checkboxes into your worksheet, you can effortlessly control the formatting and enhance your ability to interpret data according to your preferences.

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Dynamic Data Validation Lists with Spill Ranges

The UNIQUE and FILTER functions are very useful for providing a dynamic list of items for a Data Validation list. In this tutorial, we will use the two columns of a table to generate a dependent drop-down list with spill ranges.

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Data Validation Drop-Down List From Another Worksheet

A drop-down list is a useful feature that allows you to select a value from a predefined set of options. You can create a drop-down list from another worksheet in your workbook, so that you can have a central source of data that can be referenced by multiple worksheets.

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Data Validation: Prevent Weekend Entries

In this tutorial, we’ll discuss how to prevent weekend entries to restrict the input of dates that fall on Saturdays or Sundays. This can be useful for applications such as scheduling, booking, or reporting that only operate on weekdays.

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Cascading (Dependant) Data Validation List

A cascading (dependent) data validation list in Excel is a way to create a drop-down list that changes based on the value selected in another cell. For example, you can have a list of categories in one cell and a list of types (or subcategories) that belong to that category in another cell. This allows you to limit the choices and avoid errors.

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Data Validation: Validate The Text Case

Data validation is a feature in Excel that lets you control the type of data that can be entered in a cell or range. You can use data validation to check the text case of the input. For example, you can make sure that the text is uppercase, lowercase, or proper case.

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Data Validation Based on Another Cell

Data validation in Excel allows you to restrict the type of data that can be entered into a cell. You can use data validation to create rules based on another cell value.