Excel Dynamic Conditional Formatting Tricks

Conditional Formatting in Excel allows you to format cells based on the value of the cell. So, most conditional formatting in Excel is Dynamic Conditional formatting. This is because the formatting will change as the values of the cells change.

Excel’s conditional formatting option has many built-in rules. These rules allow you to format cells based on values such as the Top or Bottom value to name a few. And you can also set the formatting to different icon sets too.

Conditional Formatting is often a finishing touch. It can give a spreadsheet or model that professional look. It can also be used to highlight important data that needs to stand out on your reports.

In the video below you will learn how to apply conditional formatting by using a formula. When you use a formula to determine conditional formatting, this formula must return a true or false result. So the formula must be some sort of logical function.

When the conditions of the formula are found to be true, the formatting will be applied to the cells. When the conditions are found to be false, formatting will not be applied.

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Copy and paste the following table into Excel

Invoice #	Company	Invoice Date	Invoice Total
Inv587	2 – Company 2	30/09/2019	2380.05
Inv588	3 – Company 3	01/09/2019	3.36
Inv589	5 – Company 5	01/10/2019	929.06
Inv590	2 – Company 2	01/10/2019	7.8
Inv591	2 – Company 2	01/10/2019	102.58
Inv592	5 – Company 5	14/10/2019	1346.85
Inv593	11 – Company 11	15/10/2019	474.37
Inv594	11 – Company 11	16/10/2019	600
Inv595	9 – Company 9	04/10/2019	146.52
Inv596	2 – Company 2	10/11/2019	837.15
Inv597	2 – Company 2	10/11/2019	4.22
Inv598	1 – Company 1	10/11/2019	106.37
Inv599	4 – Company 4	16/11/2019	88.88
Inv600	8 – Company 8	18/11/2019	3513.48
Inv601	11 – Company 11	18/11/2019	2490.75
Cr500	11 – Company 11	18/11/2019	-123
Inv602	12 – Company 12	01/12/2019	12300
Inv603	6 – Company 6	01/12/2019	12300

Create a formula to sum the values of the Invoice Total Column.

Set up conditional formatting to fill every second row of data.

Set up conditional formatting that will put boarders on the cell containing the formula to total the invoice column.

In the comments section below answer the following questions.

What formula did you use to apply conditional formatting to fill every second row?
What formula did you use to apply conditional formatting to apply boarders around the cell with the total invoice value?

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