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Applying Formatting Styles in Excel
Applying Formatting in Excel

Applying Formatting Styles in Excel

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Excel Formatting - applying styles

  1. Drag select cells A2 to D2.

  2. Click on the Home tab.

  3. Click on the Cell Styles option on the ribbon to open the cell styles option menu.

  4. Choose the blue Accent1 option in the bottom left part of the menu box to change the background color of cells A2 - D2 to dark blue and the text in these cells to white.

  5. Drag select cells A8 to D8.

  6. Repeat steps 2 - 4 above.

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