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Highlight Highest and Lowest in Bar Chart - Excel Tips and Tricks

2026-01-15 4 Dailymotion

Learn how to highlight the highest and the lowest in a bar chart.

Here are the steps outline in the video.

Create Min Column
1) Select cell D3
2) =IF(C3=MIN($C$3:$C$14),C3,"")
3) Apply formula to rest of the rows

Create Max Column
1) Select cell E3
2) =IF(C3=MAX($C$3:$C$14),C3,"")
3) Apply formula to rest of the rows

Insert Bar Chart
1) Ctrl + A
2) Insert ~ Charts ~ Insert Column
3) Unclustered Column
4) Reposition and resize

Overlap Bar Chart
1) Select blue bar chart.
2) Right-click, select "Format Data Series..."
3) Series Option
4) Series Overlap = 100%

Change Bar Chart Color
1) Select gray bar
2) Fill & Line, expand Fill
3) Red
4) Select Orange bar chart
5) Change fill to Green
6) Select Blue bar chart
7) Change it to gray

Highlight Minimum Value
1) Select Total Sales
2) Home ~ Style ~ Conditional Formatting
3) Manage Rules...
4) New Rule...
5) Use a formula to determine which cells to format
6) =C3=MIN($C$3:$C$14)
7) Format
8) Fill tab
9) Select Green
10) OK
11) OK

Highlight Maximum Value
1) New Rule...
2) Use a formula to determine which cells to format
3) =C3=MAX($C$3:$C$14)
4) Format
5) Fill tab
6) Select Red
7) OK
8) OK
9) OK

🔗🔗 LINKS TO SIMILIAR VIDEOS 🔗🔗
Highlight Highest and Lowest in Bar Chart - Part1 - Excel Tips and Tricks
https://youtube.com/shorts/LAILaeR2x4U?si=e39-2Y-JWWCMV8ux

Highlight Highest and Lowest in Bar Chart - Part2 - Excel Tips and Tricks
https://youtube.com/shorts/QY0JvHguDkk?si=Y3h0R6Q4Xkj4Ho3a


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