How to Highlight Cells that are not Equal to a Value

Using conditional formatting, you can quickly highlight all the cells that are not equal to a value. Please follow the steps below:

Step 1: Select the data range;

Step 2: Click the "Home" tab from the Ribbon;

Step 3: Click the "Conditional Formatting" command in the "Styles" section;

Step 4: Click the "Highlight Cells Rules" command from the drop-down list, then select "More rules" from the extended list;

Step 5: Set up the rules in the "New Formatting Rule" window;

– In the first box, select "Cell Value";

– In the second box, select "not equal to";

– In the third box, enter "80178" for example;

Step 6: Click the "Format" button and select the formatting style in the "Format Cells" window, e.g., fill the cells with blue;

Step 7: Click "OK" at the bottom and you will see cells that are not equal to "80178" are now in blue.

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