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Data Bars: Explained in Excel Conditional Formatting

How Data Bars work in Excel Conditional Formatting

Excel's Data Bars conditional formatting option inserts horizontal bars inside cells to display the importance of a number in relation to other values within the chosen range. The value increases with the length of the bar.

Key points:

- Visual, not changing the data.

- Access: Home > Conditional Formatting > Data Bars (choose a style).

- Min/Max can be auto, number, percent, or percent of total.

- Useful for quick comparisons across a range.

Blue Data Bar

View  a Blue colored data bar in the cell. The length of the data bar represents the  value in the cell. A longer bar represents a higher value.

Green Data Bar

View  a Green colored data bar in the cell. The length of the data bar represents the  value in the cell. A longer bar represents a higher value.

Red Data Bar

View  a Red colored data bar in the cell. The length of the data bar represents the  value in the cell. A longer bar represents a higher value.

Orange Data Bar

View  a Orange colored data bar in the cell. The length of the data bar represents the  value in the cell. A longer bar represents a higher value.

Light blue Data Bar

View  a Light blue  colored data bar in the cell. The length of the data bar represents the  value in the cell. A longer bar represents a higher value.

Purple Data Bar

View  a Purple  colored data bar in the cell. The length of the data bar represents the  value in the cell. A longer bar represents a higher value.

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