Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program that is widely used by professionals and individuals for analyzing and managing data. One of the most useful formatting features in Excel is the ability to strikethrough text. Strikethrough is a formatting option that creates a line through the text, indicating that it is no longer valid or relevant. This article will guide you through the steps on how to strikethrough text in Excel.

Step 1: Open the Excel spreadsheet in which you want to apply the strikethrough formatting.

Step 2: Select the cell or cells that contain the text that you want to strikethrough. You can select multiple cells by holding down the Ctrl key while selecting cells.

Step 3: Click on the Home tab in the Excel ribbon located at the top of the window.

Step 4: Look for the Font section and click on the small arrow in the bottom right corner to open the Font dialog box.

Step 5: In the Font dialog box, look for the Effects section and click the checkbox next to Strikethrough.

Step 6: Click OK to apply the strikethrough formatting to the selected cells.

Alternatively, you can also use a keyboard shortcut to apply the strikethrough formatting to text in Excel. The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl + 5.

In addition to these steps, it’s important to note that you can also apply strikethrough formatting to a specific part of the text in a cell. To do this, you need to select the part of the text you want to strikethrough, right-click, and then choose Format Cells. In the Format Cells dialog box, go to the Font tab and check the Strikethrough box.