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Conditional formatting is featured here in two Microsoft productivity contexts. In the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web, rules can apply visual emphasis to messages based on size, read state, attachments, flags, categories, and importance, helping users spot actionable mail without moving or filtering it. In Excel, the tag covers a limitation affecting the PIVOTBY function: conditional formatting may not reliably follow changing dynamic-array spill ranges. Together, these discussions show how formatting rules support email triage and worksheet reporting, while also highlighting compatibility concerns when formula-driven summaries refresh or change shape.
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    Build an Excel Task Tracker With Microsoft 365 In-Cell Checkboxes

    How-To Geek has published a guide, dated September 23, 2026, to building a checkbox-driven task tracker in Excel. It uses an Excel table, the in-cell Checkbox feature, four short formulas and two conditional-formatting rules, and it targets Excel for Microsoft 365 and Excel for the web. The...
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    Outlook Cc Email Highlighting: Set Conditional Formatting Rules

    To make emails where you are copied stand out in Microsoft Outlook, create a conditional-formatting rule that changes their message-list text color when your address appears in Cc; classic Outlook uses View Settings, while new Outlook and the browser interface use Mail settings. The result is a...
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    New Outlook Adds Conditional Formatting for Flags and Attachments

    Microsoft has expanded conditional formatting in the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web, adding message-list rules based on email size, read state, attachments, flag status, categories, and importance. The feature, tracked as Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 503551, is now marked Launched...
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    Excel PIVOTBY Cannot Keep Conditional Formatting on Spill Ranges

    A new How-To Geek report argues that Excel’s PIVOTBY function still cannot fully replace PivotTables in polished, refreshable reports—not because of calculation limits, but because conditional formatting does not reliably follow a changing spill range. PIVOTBY is Microsoft’s formula-based tool...