How to Highlight Cells with Specific Text in Excel

part 10 of excel for corporate survival: conditional formatting, but make it useful this is how you can automatically highlight entire rows based on specific texts in a cell: 1️⃣ select your data range excluding the header 2️⃣ home → conditional formatting → new rule 3️⃣ choose “use a formula to determine which cells to format” 4️⃣ enter your formula, i.e. • =$B2=“completed” → turns the row green • =$G2=“Angie” → turns the row yellow 💡 remember to anchor the column with $ so each row checks the