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1. How do you take all the formatting from chart (see 1 below) and PASTE it onto another chart (2)? Guess and then see how it can be done with 'See Answer'

Replace chart (1)'s data with chart (2)'s data.

Cannot be done, you will need to manually change the colors, display units and gap widths

Use the hidden Paste Special Chart format tool

2. How do you copy from Excel (see 1 below) and paste into Word (2) WITHOUT seeing the filter button, gridlines, comment notes and more?

Guess and then view answer to see how it can be done!

Use the 'As shown when printed' option in Excel

Manually switch off gridlines, filter and comments THEN copy and paste.

Cannot be done, they will always show

Conditional formatting without numbers

Adrian

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July 27, 2023July 31, 2023

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We regularly get asked if it is possible to use Conditional Formatting without numbers i.e. you see the conditional format (e.g. data bars) but not the numbers they are based on.

YouTube Hide the numbers with Conditional Formatting

Remove the numbers from conditional formatted cells

So below we have created some data bars in column B but do not want to see the numbers, only the bars. If you click on CONDITIONAL FORMATTING and then MANAGE RULES you will get to the screen shown below. You can see that there is an option that does exactly that, Show Bar only.

When you select that option, the numbers appear to disappear as shown below. They are in fact still there but hidden. This can be used effectively when creating dashboards.