Row Shading

[Guest]

I am tracking RMA's. I have a spreadsheet wher I enter customers
name,product being returned, opened, closed, date, etc.
When I mark an "x" in the cell marked open I want the entire row to shade in
one color. When I mark "x" in the cell marked closed I want the row to
change color.
How do I accomplish this?

 

[Alan]

Have a look at Conditional Formatting in Help,
Regards,
Alan.

 

[Don Guillett]

look at format>conditional formatting

 

[MDubbelboer]

conditional formatting.

select the rows you're interested in. for this option i'm going to d
it on row 1

the active cell is in box A1

format->conditional formatting

Change the first dropdown to be a formula
=$a1="X"
then choose format and choose a pattern

add a new rule
make it a formula once more
=$B1="X"
then choose format and choose a pattern again

press ok

copy the whole row. highlight the rows you want to apply thi
formatting to and choose "paste special->formats"

This assumes that the flags for open and closed appear in cells A1 an
B1

you can do this conditional formatting for the entire region at onc
but you hvae to keep track of where your active cell is. If you'r
unfamiliar with conditional formatting it's often easiest to get i
working for one row then copy that formatting to the whole rang