Can I sort in Excel and leave the formatting (color) in place?
 

I have colored lines every other row and when I sort the colors go with the
text. How do I lock the formatting?

Can I sort in Excel and leave the formatting (color) in place?
 

Maybe you could use format|conditional formatting to do the shading.

Chip Pearson shares a technique:
http://cpearson.com/excel/banding.htm

krolfe wrote:

I have colored lines every other row and when I sort the colors go with the
text. How do I lock the formatting?

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Dave Peterson