Add Color Markers Excel in Seconds: App – Data Tools Suite

Add color markers in Excel: highlight key data. 1 click. Optipe DTS → Visual!

Color Markers application of Optipe Data Tools Suite adds color marks according to numerical data ranges for better visualization of the data.

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Add color markers to Excel cells with Optipe Data Tools Suite

Use this application to:

Mark in red or blue evaluations of students in a course.
Rank in red, yellow or green your sales or production.
Paint or fill the cells with a color depending on its value.
This application was initially created for Excel 2003, where conditional formats were complex to administer.

Features:

The markers are added in a new column adjacent to the column in which the data are in the form of a LED or light. Alternatively, you can fill the cells where the data is located in the same colors.
2 to 5 categories are allowed, each with its own color.
- 2 states: red and blue
- 3 states: red, yellow and green
- 4 states: red, yellow, green and blue
- 5 states: red, orange, yellow, green and blue
You define the range of values for category.
You can change the color order (ascending or descending).

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See also:

Examples:

Video Example. Add color markers in a new column.

Video Example. Add color markers in the same column.

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