To extend your conditional formatting to a new part of the spreadsheet, a new worksheet or even a new workbook, Excel's "Format Painter" feature lets you easily copy conditional formatting.

Thanks to the linked cell property in Microsoft Excel, it's super easy to use the selected value as a condition in a macro or conditional formatting rule.

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Use conditional formatting If you want to make your task list more dynamic, you can use formatting where the system formats your cell based on specific values and text.

As an example, suppose you have an Excel workbook that contains each student’s numerical course grades, but you would like a visual way to differentiate each student’s letter grade (A, B, C, D, or F).