In fact, you can use REGEX to automate other tasks on your computer, like fixing copy-pasted PDF text, bulk-renaming downloaded files, formatting currency, stripping HTML tags, and more.

Now, let’s set a conditional formatting rule that highlights due dates that match the current date, which in this case is Feb. 13, 2021: Select the data. In this case, that’s C4:C8.

You can use Excel’s formatting tools to standardize date and currency formats, opt for the TEXT function to fix text formatting and explore the Remove Duplicates function (Data > Remote ...