Go to tab 'Table Design' on the ribbon.

Press with left mouse button on any cell in your Excel Table.

You data set has now a different cell formatting applied, this is done every time data is converted to an Excel Table.

Press with left mouse button on OK button.

Press with left mouse button on 'Table' button, a dialog box appears.

This step is optional, however, I highly recommend it if you know you will be adding more values later on.Īn Excel Table applies Conditional Formatting to new values automatically, this makes it really useful because there is no need to extend CF formatting or change CF formulas when new values are added. This technique can be useful if you are building a Dashboard. The animated image above shows me selecting different formattings and column B instantly changes based on what I selected. I chose those for demonstrational purposes. You can, of course, pick whatever cell formatting you want and how many or few as you want. The Drop down list in cell D3 lets you choose between five different types of cell formatting, they are: This article demonstrates how to apply different cell formatting to a cell range based on a Drop Down list, column B contains an Excel Table with numerical values. Author: Oscar Cronquist Article last updated on November 12, 2019

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