Styles are a powerful feature in Microsoft Excel that enable you to quickly apply consistent formatting to cells and ranges. By using styles, you can ensure that your spreadsheets have a professional and polished appearance, and you can save time by not having to manually format each cell or range.
What are Styles in Excel?
A style is a collection of formatting attributes that you can apply to cells or ranges in your spreadsheet. Excel comes with a variety of built-in styles, such as “Normal,” “Heading 1,” and “Total.” Each style includes a combination of font type, size, and color, as well as cell borders and shading.
How to Apply a Style?
Select the cell or range of cells that you want to format with a cell style. You can click and drag your mouse to select multiple cells or click on a single cell to format it individually.
Go to the “Home” tab in the Excel ribbon. In the “Styles” group, you’ll find a gallery of cell styles.
Browse through the available cell styles by hovering your mouse over them. You’ll see a live preview of how each style will look on your selected cells.
Click on the desired cell style to apply it to your selected cells. Excel will automatically format the cells based on the chosen style.
Creating Custom Styles
In addition to the built-in styles, you can also create your own custom styles to meet your specific formatting needs. To create a custom style, first, format a cell or range with the desired formatting attributes. Then, right-click on the formatted cell or range and select “Styles” > “New Cell Style” from the dropdown menu.
In the “New Cell Style” dialog box, give the style a name and select the desired formatting attributes, such as font type, size, and color, as well as cell borders and shading. Once you’ve created your custom style, it will be available in the “Styles” dropdown menu for future use.
Modifying Existing Styles
If you want to modify an existing style, right-click on a cell or range that is formatted with the style and select “Styles” > “Modify” from the dropdown menu. In the “Modify Style” dialog box, you can change the formatting attributes associated with the style, such as font type, size, and color, as well as cell borders and shading. Once you’ve made your changes, click “OK” to apply the modified style to the selected cells.
Using styles in Microsoft Excel is an easy and efficient way to apply consistent formatting to your spreadsheets. Additionally, by modifying existing styles, you can customize the formatting to meet your specific needs. Whether you’re working with financial data, scientific measurements, or any other type of data, styles are an essential tool for creating clear and effective spreadsheets.