How to Automatically Create Valuable Cell Borders in Excel

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Instructions to create automatic borders for cells containing Excel values

Step 1:

The user highlights the area that needs to be facilitated when entering a value and then press Conditional Formatting> New Rule .

Step 2:

Display the New Formatting Rule dialog box, click on Use a formula to determine which cells to format . Then again the New Formatting Rule dialog box, enter the formula = B13 <> '' and click Format to continue. B13 is the first cell in the selected area.

Step 3:

In the Format Cells dialog box, we click on the Border tab and then click on select Outline to create the border for the cell. Click OK to save the new format. If you like, you can choose the border style and color if desired.

Finally click OK to apply conditional formatting to the data table.

Now that we do the calculation, enter the values in the cells at the original selected area. The result of the cell values is automatically added borders with the type of border format you set.

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I wish you successful implementation!