To clear formatting from the selected cells in your workbook in Microsoft Excel, you can use Clear Formats, Keyboard shortcuts, Format Painter tool, etc.

This post will show you how to locate Merged Cells in Excel. Knowing how to find merged cells will help you remove them if you need to.

Pro Tip: To open formatting options, just select the cell (s) you want to format and press Ctrl-1 (Mac: Command-1). This actually works for anything in Excel: charts elements, images, etc.

Conditional formatting highlights key information in a spreadsheet so it’s easy to see at a glance. This beginner’s guide gets you started using conditional formatting.

Adding text to a cell using a custom format instead of typing it clearly labels the data and still lets Excel calculate it. (Click for larger image).

Microsoft Excel 2007's conditional formatting feature allows you to format cells based on certain criteria. As an example, you might want the row color to change based upon a credit or debit on a ...

Trying to make all of the text or words fit properly in your Excel spreadsheet? Learn how to make text fit in Excel with our tutorial.

If you know that an Excel spreadsheet has cells that include words or characters with strikethrough formatting applied, you can use the program's search and replace feature to give you a list of ...

You might need to clear all the cells' formats so that they can be interpreted as plain text. Here we tell you how to quickly clear any batch of cells depending on your needs. How to clear formatting ...

Susan Harkins shows you how to format and unlock input cells in Excel at the same time by assigning a modified style.