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Visualizing Data Using Conditional Formatting 21
By default, the symbols are assigned using percentiles. For a 3-symbol set, the items are grouped into three
percentiles. For a 4-symbol set, they’re grouped into 4 percentiles. And for a 5-symbol set, the items are
grouped into five percentiles.
If you would like more control over how the icons are assigned, choose Home ➪ Styles ➪ Conditional
Formatting ➪ Icon Sets ➪ More Rules to display the New Formatting Rule dialog box. Figure 21.11 shows
how to modify the icon set rules such that only projects that are 100% completed get the check mark icons.
Projects which are 0% completed get the X icon. All other projects get the exclamation point icon.
Figure 21.12 shows the task list after making this change.
FIGURE 21.11
Changing the icon assignment rule.
FIGURE 21.12
Using a customized icon set to indicate the status of projects.
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