Color coding the excel sheets

[Guest]

I have a user that wants to color code her worksheet tabs. I know that you
can individually color code each one by right-clicking. Is there a way to
have excel launch with each tab set to a color (ex. sheet 1=red,
sheet2=green, sheet3=yellow, etc.)? She wants this to launch this way every
time. Thanks.

Shane

 

[Don Guillett]

Certainly a workbook_open event could do this but why not just set a
template with the sheets colored as desired>save it>use it..

 

[Gord Dibben]

Shane

For all new workbooks to have the color-coded tabs.........

Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish. File>Save As Type: scroll down
to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes).
Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT.

Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

This will be the default workbook for File>New or when you click on the New
Icon on the Standard Toolbar.

Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings.

You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default Insert>Sheet.

More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[Guest]

That works for new docs, but what about old documents that have all white tabs?