Anatomy of Excel formatting: Part 1

(Scott Lowe) By this point in the series, you've learned about the basics in Microsoft Excel, and you've learned how to create some rudimentary formulas. Now, perhaps you've created a useful spreadsheet, complete with formulas that calculate sales of your inventory.

Before you submit it to your boss, wouldn't it be nice to make some things stand out? Maybe you'd like to easily turn some values into dollar figures, or have Excel automatically highlight an inventory line for which you've run out of stock. In this part, and the next two parts, of the Excel training series, you'll learn to do these things, and more.