Excel Lesson 9
Applying Advanced Formats to
Worksheets
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Objectives
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Create custom number formats.
Use conditional formatting rules.
Create conditional formatting formulas.
Format tables.
Create custom AutoFilters.
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Apply themes.
Switch banded rows and columns.
Add or delete rows and columns in tables.
Add totals to tables.
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Vocabulary
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conditional formatting formulas
custom AutoFilter
banded columns
banded rows
tables
themes
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Introduction
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Microsoft Excel has a number of advanced
tools and features.
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Can be used to create professional-looking
spreadsheets
Allows advanced formatting techniques, such as
tables, themes, and conditional formatting
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Creating Custom Number Formats
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You can create your
own format by
selecting Custom
category in Format
Cells dialog box.
Custom format in Format Cells dialog box
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Using Conditional Formatting
Rules
Conditional formatting applies a font, border,
or pattern to worksheet cells when certain
conditions exist in those cells.
Conditional formatting is applied using the
New Formatting Rule dialog box.
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Using Conditional Formatting
Rules (continued)
New Formatting
Rule dialog box
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Creating Conditional Formatting
Formulas
You can create your own conditional format
rule using a conditional formatting
formula.
In the New Formatting Rule dialog box:
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Select the “Use a formula to determine which
cells to format” option.
Enter the conditional formatting formula.
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Formatting Tables
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Tables provide professional presentation
features for displaying worksheet data.
Excel offers a variety of table formats in the
Table Format gallery.
On the Home tab in the Styles group, click
the Format as Table button.
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Displays the Table Format gallery
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Formatting Tables (continued)
Table Format gallery
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Creating Custom AutoFilters
Custom AutoFilter displays only cells that
meet specific criteria.
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Custom AutoFilter dialog box
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Applying Themes
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Themes
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You can apply a theme from the Theme
gallery.
To open the Theme gallery:
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Borders, background colors, shading, and graphic
effects are applied instantly to an entire workbook
On the Ribbon, click the Page Layout tab
In the Themes group, click the Themes button
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Switching Banded Rows and
Columns
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Banding
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Banded rows: one row will have a lighter format,
and the adjacent row will have a darker format
Banded columns: same kind of formats appear
in columns
To switch between banded rows and banded
columns, use the Table Tools Design tab.
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Adding or Deleting Rows and
Columns in Tables
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Commands on the Insert and Delete menus
in the Cells group on the Home tab
Maintain the banding formatting of a table
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Adding Totals to Tables
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Excel retains the format when adding totals
to rows or columns of data in a table.
To add totals to rows in a table:
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Type a new column heading next to the far-right
column heading and press Enter.
To add a total row at the bottom of a column:
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Select Total Row in the Table Style Options group
on the Design tab.
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Adding Totals to Tables
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Table with totals
added
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In this lesson, you learned:
 You can create a custom number format and
apply it to data in the worksheet cells.
 Conditional formatting rules enable you to
highlight data that meets specific criteria.
 Conditional formatting formulas let you
highlight data based on the criteria you enter
in the formula.
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Formatting data and text as a table applies
various professional formats and filters.
Custom AutoFilters give you the option to
apply specific filters based on criteria entered
into the custom AutoFilter dialog box.
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Summary (continued)
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Themes let you apply a formatting scheme
throughout the workbook, thereby eliminating
the time-consuming task of applying
individual formats in each worksheet.
You can select and change banded rows and
banded columns in a table.
You can add a total row and total column in a
table.
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