How do I change the format of how my active cell in Excel is view.

[Guest]

I sometimes have trouble locating which cell is active in my Excel worksheet.
I would like to be able to change it to something other than just a heavy
black border.

 

[Bob Phillips]

Here is one way that highlights the row and column of the activecell.

Private Sub WorkSheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

Cells.FormatConditions.Delete
With Target.EntireRow
.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:="TRUE"
.FormatConditions(1).Interior.ColorIndex = 35
End With
With Target.EntireColumn
.FormatConditions.Delete
.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:="TRUE"
.FormatConditions(1).Interior.ColorIndex = 35
End With
With Target
.FormatConditions.Delete
.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:="TRUE"
.FormatConditions(1).Interior.ColorIndex = 36
End With

End Sub

'This is worksheet event code, which means that it needs to be
'placed in the appropriate worksheet code module, not a standard
'code module. To do this, right-click on the sheet tab, select
'the View Code option from the menu, and paste the code in.