How to Change the Colour of a Cell

In the previous lesson, you saw how to change the font and font size in Excel. In this lesson, we'll look at how to change the colour of a cell.

Change the Background Colour of a Cell
To change the background colour of cells, you first have to highlight the ones you want to alter. We'll start with the cells A2 to A5. So highlight these cells on your spreadsheet.
With the cells A2 to A5 highlighted, locate the Font panel on the Ribbon at the top of the Excel

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