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.

Color can make it easier for people to identify important information, such as legends on an Excel graph. Professional designers learn to use color coding effectively to make websites ...

You can also create color scales, which code cells based on their value compared to other cells. Data bars are a powerful visual tool you can apply in Excel to help people understand the data you ...

Counting records or values in Microsoft Excel is easy. Counting individual cells by their fill color definitely isn't. Using an old function and a matrix tames the problem.