The first rule does not define a fill color, but it does change the font color. Notice how the red fill color is applied to the HIGH cell. What would happen if I didn't check the Stop-If-True box? Go ahead and try it.
That is why the first task row doesn't show a Data Bar in the %Complete column and why the Priority "HIGH" is not highlighted red. With the Stop-If-True box checked, none of the following rules will be evaluated if the condition of that first rule is met. Why do I need to check the Stop-If-True box? This means that you can have one rule that changes a font to gray, a different rule that changes the cell color to red, and a different rule that adds a data bar. ) can be affected independently by different rules. In Excel, the font color and fill color (and border, and font style, and. Key Point #2 means that if the first rule has already changed the font color to gray, the following rules cannot change the font color to green, yellow, or red. A later rule cannot override the formatting already modified by a preceding rule.Conditional formatting rules are evaluated one at a time starting with the rule listed at the top.
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I will be using this template to demonstrate some techniques and key facts about conditional formatting, so I would recommend that you download it and experiment with it as you continue to read. The last rule adds a Progress Bar in the % Complete column. The next 3 rules highlight specific text in the Priority column. The first rule changes tasks to gray strike-through when the Done column has a check mark.
The image above shows the 5 rules used in the Task Checklist Template. If you are using a template and want to figure out how the conditional formatting works, or want to delete or change rules, you will need to know a couple of things:ġ) To view the rules for selected cells, go to Home > Conditional Formatting > Rules ManagerĢ) To view ALL the rules in the entire worksheet, select "This Worksheet" from the drop-down at the top of the Rules Manager window. Vertex42 has many templates that use both simple and advanced conditional formatting techniques.
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