It's not really the continuation character that was the cause--it was my poor
eyesight!
You could have used:
> > > > Range(Cells(rng.Row, "A"), Cells(rng.Row, lc)) _
> > > > .Interior.ColorIndex = 36
> > > > Range(Cells(rng.Row, "A"), Cells(rng.Row, lc)) _
> > > > .font.bold = true
But why do all that typing <vbg>???
Tree wrote:
>
> YOU ARE SO AWESOME! PERFECT, PERFECT, PERFECT...
> AND I really appreciate your explaining why the code was NOT working
> before.. that underscore... THANK YOU!
>
> "Dave Peterson" wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I didn't read your original post close enough:
> >
> > If Application.CountIf(rng, "*TOTAL*") > 0 Then
> > with Range(Cells(rng.Row, "A"), Cells(rng.Row, lc))
> > .Interior.ColorIndex = 36
> > .font.bold = true
> > end with
> > End If
> >
> > I didn't notice that continuation character (space underscore) in your original
> > code. I removed it and made it a with/end with structure. So both those lines
> > refer to the object (that range) in the previous With statement.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tree wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you Dave for your help! I did put in:
> > > .font.bold = true after the line
> > > .Interior.ColorIndex = 36 before I wrote the post as well, thinking
> > > that would add the bolding, however, when I do that, I get the following
> > > error message:
> > >
> > > COMPILE ERROR
> > > INVALID OR UNQUALIFIED REFERENCE
> > >
> > > and when I look that up in Help, it says something about missing something
> > > for the With Statement..
> > >
> > > Again, your assistance is very much appreciated!!
> > > Thank you for your time!
> > >
> > > "Dave Peterson" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Set Tarea = Range(Cells(1, "A"), Cells(lr, lc))
> > > > starts at A1
> > > >
> > > > Try:
> > > > Set Tarea = Range(Cells(2, "A"), Cells(lr, lc))
> > > > or
> > > > Set Tarea = Range("A2", Cells(lr, lc))
> > > >
> > > > And add this line:
> > > > .font.bold = true
> > > > after:
> > > > .Interior.ColorIndex = 36
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tree wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I had a wonderful person from this forum help design this VB code a few
> > > > > months ago.. but I thought we were also bolding the row and that is not
> > > > > happening.. I don't know if I inadvertently deleted the code row that did
> > > > > that or what.. in any event, the macro works perfectly except that the amount
> > > > > does not bold..
> > > > >
> > > > > What I am doing is running the subtotal function from Excel and then run the
> > > > > macro to highlight AND bold THE ENTIRE ROW if that ROW has the word total in
> > > > > it.. this helps bring out the sub totals and grand totals.. Also, we do not
> > > > > want the first row (column heading) to bold or highlight even though it has
> > > > > the word total in it...
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is the macro.. if someone could help me add the line (or lines) of code
> > > > > to get the data to ALSO bold, and to NOT have the header row bold or
> > > > > highlight, that would be great... I tried a few things on my own, but just
> > > > > don't have the knowledge...
> > > > > Thank you in advance..
> > > > >
> > > > > Sub FormatTotalPerfect()
> > > > > Dim Tarea As Range
> > > > > Dim lr As Long, lc As Long
> > > > >
> > > > > Cells.Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
> > > > >
> > > > > lr = Cells.Find("*", , , , xlByRows, xlPrevious).Row
> > > > > lc = Cells.Find("*", , , , xlByColumns, xlPrevious).Column
> > > > >
> > > > > Set Tarea = Range(Cells(1, "A"), Cells(lr, lc))
> > > > >
> > > > > For Each rng In Tarea.Rows
> > > > > If Application.CountIf(rng, "*TOTAL*") > 0 Then
> > > > > Range(Cells(rng.Row, "A"), Cells(rng.Row, lc)) _
> > > > > .Interior.ColorIndex = 36
> > > > > End If
> > > > > Next
> > > > >
> > > > > End Sub
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Dave Peterson
> > > > .
> > > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson
> > .
> >
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Dave Peterson