Excel offers a one-click option on its "Insert" menu to take data on a spreadsheet and render it in a visual aid format.

Excel offers several built-in conditional formatting rules you can apply to your data. (Click image to enlarge it.) We’ll demonstrate using Excel for Windows under a Microsoft 365 subscription.

Because the text “lbs” is part of the format and not the cell contents, the cell still contains a number so you can perform math on it. Adding text to a cell using a custom format instead of typing it ...

Let us look at the steps involved in detail. Now it is copied to the clipboard. Now, right-click the chart’s data point and select Format Data Point from the menu or double-click the data point ...

If you forget, Excel will apply the format to all of the data cells as well. It can be frustrating, but remember, Ctrl+Z will undo the mistakes quickly so you can try again.

To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting.

Combine an Excel custom format with data validation and remove the pressure for input perfection from personnel by letting Excel do the work.