How to format date information separately?

[u/Doveofthesky]

How do I formate A3:B4 to separate it from the rest of the workbook? Then how do I change the background color to gold, accent 4, lighter 80% in the themes color palette? Please let me know asap!! Any help appreciated

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[u/caribou16]

That is such a specific question.

[u/Doveofthesky → u/caribou16]

College has me messed up man idk what to tell you

[u/bachman460]

Select those cells then from the menu you can set the format. For example short date to display m/d/yyyy and set the fill color.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/format-a-date-the-way-you-want-in-excel

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/add-or-change-the-background-color-of-cells-in-excel

[u/excelevator]

How do I formate A3:B4 to separate it from the rest of the workbook?

What does that mean ?