We have already dealt with some of the basic functions of Microsoft Excel, an application of the MS Office suite. In this part, we look at the various kinds of formatting capabilities Excel provides.

Q. I would like to accent the columns of my dataset by showing the headers diagonally. Is that possible in Excel? A. Want to make text stand out in your spreadsheet? Or just want to try some different ...

Microsoft Excel 2007's conditional formatting feature allows you to format cells based on certain criteria. As an example, you might want the row color to change based upon a credit or debit on a ...