I am very new with excel and I am putting together a worksheet that has a
column consisting of two primary names. I would like to format the entire
column with the result being both names having their own color throughout the
column. Alternatively, I could go to each row and highlight the name but
there are about 1000 rows.

Thanks,
Aaron

Say column A has entries like:

James Ravenswood

Run this small macro:

Sub Colorizer()
Dim A As Range, r As Range
Set A = Intersect(ActiveSheet.UsedRange, Range("A:A"))
For Each r In A
v = r.Value
s = Split(v, " ")
L1 = Len(s(0))
L2 = Len(s(1))
S1 = 1
S2 = L1 + 2
r.Characters(Start:=S1, Length:=L1).Font.ColorIndex = 3
r.Characters(Start:=S2, Length:=L2).Font.ColorIndex = 6
Next
End Sub

will result in James colored red and Ravenswood colored yellow.


Macros are very easy to install and use:

1. ALT-F11 brings up the VBE window
2. ALT-I
ALT-M opens a fresh module
3. paste the stuff in and close the VBE window

If you save the workbook, the macro will be saved with it.

To remove the macro:

1. bring up the VBE window as above
2. clear the code out
3. close the VBE window

To use the macro from Excel:

1. ALT-F8
2. Select the macro
3. Touch RUN

To learn more about macros in general, see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

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Gary''s Student - gsnu201003


"Aaron" wrote:

I am very new with excel and I am putting together a worksheet that has a
column consisting of two primary names. I would like to format the entire
column with the result being both names having their own color throughout the
column. Alternatively, I could go to each row and highlight the name but
there are about 1000 rows.

Thanks,
Aaron

If only 2 primary names use Conditional Formatting.
http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/conditional-formatting.htm





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Regards
Dave Hawley
www.ozgrid.com
"Aaron" wrote in message
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I am very new with excel and I am putting together a worksheet that has a
column consisting of two primary names. I would like to format the entire
column with the result being both names having their own color throughout
the
column. Alternatively, I could go to each row and highlight the name but
there are about 1000 rows.

Thanks,
Aaron