Spreadsheet Structure and Formatting with Cell Styles

Creating an efficient, transparent and consistent spreadsheet structure and format is crucial when delivering a professional spreadsheet. These attributes provide managers and clients with the reassurance that work is of the highest quality and ensures that users of these spreadsheets quickly understand, gain confidence in, and ultimately edit or add additional layers to the work with ease.

The easiest and most efficient way to achieve this in Microsoft Excel is to develop structures and formats using 'Cell Styles' before you begin developing your spreadsheet. But don't worry, if you have already created your spreadsheet, these structures and formats can be added retrospectively.

At FMDA we use a very similar structure and format with all of our Financial Models and Data Analysis spreadsheets. You can download a free example of this structure here.

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