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338 Chapter 11 Change Workbook Appearance


In the Edit Formatting Rule dialog box, you can customize conditional formatting.


  1. Click the Reverse Icon Order button.


Excel reconfigures the rules so the red light icon is at the top and the green light
icon is at the bottom.


  1. In the red light icon’s row, in the Type list, click Number.

  2. In the red light icon’s Value field, type 0.7.

  3. In the yellow light icon’s row, in the Type list, click Number.

  4. In the yellow light icon Value field, type 0.5.

  5. Click OK twice to close the Edit Formatting Rule dialog box and the Conditional
    Formatting Rules Manager.
    Excel formats the selected cell range.

  6. Click cell C15.

  7. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Conditional Formatting. On the
    menu, point to Highlight Cells Rules, and then click Less Than.
    The Less Than dialog box opens.

  8. In the left field, type 96%.

  9. In the With list, click Red text.

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