This is for a basic Excell spreadsheet with columns and rows. I've used
white & yellow as the row fill colors for clarity when viewing the
spreadsheet.

When the information in a yellow cell is cut (or copied) and then pasted
into a white cell, the fill color turns yellow from the previous location.

Is there a way to keep the fill colors constant for each row, and only allow
the text to change when relocating to another cell?

Thanks!

Yes, there is a way to keep the fill colors constant when cut or copying text in Excel. You can use the "Paste Special" feature to achieve this.

Here are the steps to follow:

1. Select the cell(s) that you want to cut or copy.
2. Press "Ctrl + X" to cut or "Ctrl + C" to copy.
3. Select the cell where you want to paste the text.
4. Right-click on the cell and select "Paste Special" from the context menu.
5. In the "Paste Special" dialog box, select "Values" and "Skip Blanks" options.
6. Click on "OK" to paste the text without changing the fill color.

By selecting the "Values" option, you are pasting only the text and not the formatting. And by selecting the "Skip Blanks" option, you are preventing Excel from overwriting the fill color of the destination cell.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut "Alt + E + S + V" to open the "Paste Special" dialog box.

hi
this is call banding and using conditional formating.
See this site....
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/banding.htm

Regards
FSt1

"bwcland" wrote:

This is for a basic Excell spreadsheet with columns and rows. I've used
white & yellow as the row fill colors for clarity when viewing the
spreadsheet.

When the information in a yellow cell is cut (or copied) and then pasted
into a white cell, the fill color turns yellow from the previous location.

Is there a way to keep the fill colors constant for each row, and only allow
the text to change when relocating to another cell?

Thanks!

Instead of Paste, use Paste Special - Values. That will leave the formatting (color) as it
was in the cell into which you're pasting.

Be careful cut/pasting stuff if there are formulas in the worksheet referring to these
cells. In some situations, it can cause the formulas to change.

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"bwcland" wrote in message
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This is for a basic Excell spreadsheet with columns and rows. I've used
white & yellow as the row fill colors for clarity when viewing the
spreadsheet.

When the information in a yellow cell is cut (or copied) and then pasted
into a white cell, the fill color turns yellow from the previous location.

Is there a way to keep the fill colors constant for each row, and only allow
the text to change when relocating to another cell?

Thanks!

On Apr 19, 9:42*am, bwcland wrote:
This is for a basic Excell spreadsheet with columns and rows. *I've used
white & yellow as the row fill colors for clarity when viewing the
spreadsheet.

When the information in a yellow cell is cut (or copied) and then pasted
into a white cell, the fill color turns yellow from the previous location.

Is there a way to keep the fill colors constant for each row, and only allow
the text to change when relocating to another cell?

Thanks!

Did you ever find out how to do this? I am having the same issue. Let
me know if you found a resolution.

Thanks,
Ben

Use Conditional Formatting to color the rows.

Clear the color formatting from the current rows.

Then select a great whack of rows the FormatCFFormula is:

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

Pick a yellow color from from FormatPatterns.

The banding will hold throughout copy/paste and sorting and filtering.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:28:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Apr 19, 9:42*am, bwcland wrote:
This is for a basic Excell spreadsheet with columns and rows. *I've used
white & yellow as the row fill colors for clarity when viewing the
spreadsheet.

When the information in a yellow cell is cut (or copied) and then pasted
into a white cell, the fill color turns yellow from the previous location.

Is there a way to keep the fill colors constant for each row, and only allow
the text to change when relocating to another cell?

Thanks!

Did you ever find out how to do this? I am having the same issue. Let
me know if you found a resolution.

Thanks,
Ben