How to Use If-Then Excel Equations to Color Cells. If-Then rules allow you to create colorful business spreadsheets that do more than look pretty. Meaningful colors can help you and others ...

If you can decide what to have for lunch, you already understand Excel's IF logic--you just need to understand the format.

How to Write an If/Otherwise Statement in Excel. Each IF function in an Excel spreadsheet returns one of two messages. The first -- the "if" message -- displays if cells meet criteria that you ...

This is where the number-crunching fun starts. Learn the ins and outs of the logical formulas that represent the heart of Excel.

The default active cell format in Microsoft Excel isn't all that easy to see, but you can use this easy-to-implement code solution to change that.