Q. Is there a way to color-code cells based on their cell content? For example, if cells state “Woman-Owned,” could those cells automatically become red and the cells that state “Large Company” ...

All values are between -1 and 1? One way I found to do this is tedious. Individually apply conditional formulas for each cell, and each cell has 2 conditional color scale rules. To begin, select ...

If Excel is not highlighting cells in the formula, enable 'Allow editing directly in cells' and 'Enable fill handle and cell drag-and-drop' in Excel options.

When creating Microsoft Excel formulas, you can generate calculations using specific values—also known as hard-coding—or referencing other cells in the workbook.