Formatting Alternating Rows with a Color

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Daren

Hello,

Is there a macro or quick way to highlight alternating rows in color? For
example, row 1 would be gray, row 3 would be gray, row 5 would be gray, etc.

Thanks.
 
Use Conditional Formatting, with a Formula like:

=MOD(ROW(),2)=1

then set the background colour (Patterns tab) to grey.

Hope this helps.

Pete
 
Hi,

Select the rows you want to format in this way then

Format|Conditional Format
Select formula is and enter the formula
=MOD(ROW(),2)=1

Pick your colour
Click OK

Mike
 
Thanks, that worked well.

Mike H said:
Hi,

Select the rows you want to format in this way then

Format|Conditional Format
Select formula is and enter the formula
=MOD(ROW(),2)=1

Pick your colour
Click OK

Mike
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Thanks!

Pete_UK said:
Use Conditional Formatting, with a Formula like:

=MOD(ROW(),2)=1

then set the background colour (Patterns tab) to grey.

Hope this helps.

Pete
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Daren

Pete's formula won't survive through filtering if you intend to do any.

This will keep alternate row colors even when filtering.

=MOD(SUBTOTAL(3,$A1:$A$2),2)=0


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
This formula comes unhinged if there are any blank rows. Adjust the range to
the start of the data and make sure the data is continuous if this fails.
 
Good point.


Thanks, Gord

This formula comes unhinged if there are any blank rows. Adjust the range to
the start of the data and make sure the data is continuous if this fails.
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