How to highlight cell if value is greater than another cell in Excel?
To compare values in two columns - for example, if a value in column B is greater than the corresponding value in column C in the same row - you can highlight the values in column B, as shown in the left screenshot. This article introduces several methods to highlight cells where one value is greater than another in Excel.
Highlight cell if value is greater than another cell by using Conditional Formatting
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Highlight cell if value is greater than another cell by using Conditional Formatting
To highlight the cells whose values are greater than the values in another column in the same row, the Conditional Formatting in Excel can do you a favor.
1. Select the data list that you want to highlight, and then click "Home" > "Conditional Formatting" > "New Rule", see screenshot:
2. In the opened "New Formatting Rule" dialog box:
- Click "Use a formula to determine which cells to format" from the" Select a Rule Type" list box;
- Type this formula: =B2>C2 into the "Format values where this formula is true" textbox;
- And then, click" Format" button.
3. In the popped-out "Format Cells" dialog, under the "Fill" tab, choose one color you like to highlight the greater values with, see screenshot:
4. Then, click "OK" > "OK" to close the dialog boxes. Now, you can see the values in column B greater than the values in column C based on the row are highlighted at once, see screenshot:
And you will get the result as below screenshot shown:
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