My data is color coded... black/grey is all old stuff, red is needing to be
done, etc... but when I sort by project status (not necessarly assigned to
one color) and then by project number my row colors stay put and data
moves...

How do you sort data and keep the formatting with it?

One method is to use Conditional Formatting on the cells' data to color them.

Then the colors will move with the cells.

Can you CF on "old stuff" and "stuff to be done" somehow?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:56:03 -0800, Patricia
wrote:

My data is color coded... black/grey is all old stuff, red is needing to be
done, etc... but when I sort by project status (not necessarly assigned to
one color) and then by project number my row colors stay put and data
moves...

How do you sort data and keep the formatting with it?

Every Excel program I've used (xl5 thru xl11) sorts cell interior color with the data.
The only formatting feature that doesn't move is cell borders.
However, XL2007 could have some unique sorting rules, I suppose, depending on
which summer intern got the assignment.
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)



"Patricia"
wrote in message
My data is color coded... black/grey is all old stuff, red is needing to be
done, etc... but when I sort by project status (not necessarly assigned to
one color) and then by project number my row colors stay put and data
moves...

How do you sort data and keep the formatting with it?

My version of 2007 keeps the colours with the data when sorted. I'm
surprised!!! That's about the first thing Vs 2007 has got right.

Rob

"Jim Cone" wrote in message
...

Every Excel program I've used (xl5 thru xl11) sorts cell interior color
with the data.
The only formatting feature that doesn't move is cell borders.
However, XL2007 could have some unique sorting rules, I suppose, depending
on
which summer intern got the assignment.
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)



"Patricia"
wrote in message
My data is color coded... black/grey is all old stuff, red is needing to
be
done, etc... but when I sort by project status (not necessarly assigned to
one color) and then by project number my row colors stay put and data
moves...

How do you sort data and keep the formatting with it?

I misspoke here.

The colors should move with the data during a sort.


Gord

On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:50:59 -0800, Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote:

One method is to use Conditional Formatting on the cells' data to color them.

Then the colors will move with the cells.

Can you CF on "old stuff" and "stuff to be done" somehow?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:56:03 -0800, Patricia
wrote:

My data is color coded... black/grey is all old stuff, red is needing to be
done, etc... but when I sort by project status (not necessarly assigned to
one color) and then by project number my row colors stay put and data
moves...

How do you sort data and keep the formatting with it?