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Add Formatting The purpose of conditional formatting is to highlight cells that meet the criteria rules. In this example, the cells should turn blue, if the formula result is TRUE. That will highlight the rows, so they're easy to spot in a long list.

Apply Conditional Formatting to Entire Column Based on Value in a Cell Select the cells that have the names. Click the Home tab. Click on the Conditional Formatting icon. Click on New Rule option.

Highlighting the Rows Select the entire dataset from A3 to D14 in our case. In the Home Tab select Conditional Formatting.Select New Rule from the drop-down.In the New Formatting Rule dialog box select ?Use a Formula to determine which cells to format? in the Select a Rule Type option.

To remove conditional formatting from specific cells, select the cells, click the Quick Analysis button, and click Clear Format. To remove all conditional formatting from the entire worksheet,click the Conditional Formatting button on the HOME tab, point to Clear Rules, and click Clear Rules from Entire Sheet.

Go to the Home tab. Click on Conditional Formatting and then click on New Rule. In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, select ?Use a formula to determine which cells to format?. In the Rule Description field, enter the formula: =OR(CELL(?col?)=COLUMN(),CELL(?row?)=ROW())

Click Data >Data Validation. On the Settings tab, click Clear All. Click OK.

Click on the cell that has the conditional formatting you want to copy. Click Home > Format Painter. To paste the conditional formatting, drag the paintbrush across the cells or ranges of cells you want to format.