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One of the most common things you may encounter are blank cells in your Excel data which can hinder your analysis, especially if you are using a Pivot Table to analyze the data.
To find these annoying blank cells in Excel you will need to highlight all your data set (CTRL+*) and bring up the Go To shortcut: CTRL+G > Special > Blanks.
Then you can fill in the blank cells with a color red and filter by that same color to drill down to these blank cells and take some formatting action.
I show you how easy this can be done below.
STEP 1: Make sure your entire table is selected. We will select all the blank cells.
STEP 2: Press Ctrl + G to open the Go To Window. Click Special.
Select Blanks. Click OK.
STEP 3: The blank cells are now selected. Go to Home > Font > Fill > Color Red
STEP 4: Let us try it out! Try filtering the Customer column by selecting Filter by Color > Color Red
Our filtering has worked to show the blank cells!
How to Find Blank Cells In Excel With A Color
HELPFUL RESOURCE:
John Michaloudis is a former accountant and finance analyst at General Electric, a Microsoft MVP since 2020, an Amazon #1 bestselling author of 4 Microsoft Excel books and teacher of Microsoft Excel & Office over at his flagship MyExcelOnline Academy Online Course.
