Hi fg,

You're virtually there with just the Cells object:

With Cells(curRow, 3).Interior
.ColorIndex = 36
.Pattern = xlSolid
End With

Likewise you can get and set a cell's value by Cell(r, c).Value = ....

Hope that helps.

Best regards

John

wrote in message
ups.com...
I'm a developer, but new to Excel coding. One thing that I can't
figure out... is there a way to change a cell without selecting it like
below?

Cells(curRow, 3).Select
With Selection.Interior
.ColorIndex = 36
.Pattern = xlSolid
End With

I don't want the cursor (cell selection box) jumping all over the
screen while I'm doing things behind the scene.

thanks,

fg