Software engineer Chandoo shares some Excel conditional formatting tricks that make for good-looking and useful spreadsheets, like a Gantt chart.

If you are interested in creating your own rules for your Excel spreadsheet, then make sure to read How I use conditional formatting to automate my Excel spreadsheets like a pro.

1. Use Conditional Formatting: Conditional formatting can help you highlight important dates and milestones. Apply different colors to different phases of your project for better clarity. 2.

You don’t need a complex expression to add conditional formatting to a filtered PivotTable in Microsoft Excel.