Create professional-looking Excel reports with formatting and styling.
📋 Learning Objectives
- Apply cell formatting (fonts, colors, borders)
- Format numbers (currency, percentage, dates)
- Adjust column widths and row heights
- Implement conditional formatting
- Use xlsxwriter for advanced formatting
- Create professional report templates
- Understand formatting best practices
📚 Topics Covered
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Basic Cell Formatting - Font styles (bold, italic, underline) - Font colors and sizes - Cell backgrounds and patterns - Text alignment
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Border and Lines - Cell borders - Border styles and colors - Creating tables with borders
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Number Formatting - Currency formats - Percentage formats - Date and time formats - Custom number formats
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Column and Row Formatting - Auto-fit columns - Set specific widths - Hide/unhide columns and rows - Freeze panes
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Conditional Formatting - Color scales - Data bars - Icon sets - Custom rules
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Using xlsxwriter - Format objects - Cell formatting - Rich text formatting - Creating reusable formats
🎯 Practical Projects
- Creating dashboard reports
- Monthly financial statements
- Sales performance reports
- Inventory status sheets
Next Session
Session 6: Working with Formulas and Charts - Add calculations and visualizations to Excel.