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"background" formatting possible?
Hi, is it possible to format a background which will stay put while you
manipulate your data cells / insert rows on top? That would be SO useful. E.g. I have a big table of data, and just for visual purposes, I want every 3rd line to be coloured, to make the table easier to read (esp when printed). However, if I update the table and add a row in at the beginning / middle, then it messes up the formatting pattern thereafter. Any way of having your formatting independent of data on top? Thanks |
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"background" formatting possible?
Try this as your conditional format formula
=AND(COUNTA(D$4)0,MOD(COLUMN(),2)<1) Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "wb198" wrote: Hi, is it possible to format a background which will stay put while you manipulate your data cells / insert rows on top? That would be SO useful. E.g. I have a big table of data, and just for visual purposes, I want every 3rd line to be coloured, to make the table easier to read (esp when printed). However, if I update the table and add a row in at the beginning / middle, then it messes up the formatting pattern thereafter. Any way of having your formatting independent of data on top? Thanks |
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"background" formatting possible?
On Jan 15, 12:14*pm, wb198 wrote:
Hi, is it possible to format a background which will stay put while you manipulate your data cells / insert rows on top? *That would be SO useful. E.g. *I have a big table of data, and just for visual purposes, I want every 3rd line to be coloured, to make the table easier to read (esp when printed). *However, if I update the table and add a row in at the beginning / middle, then it messes up the formatting pattern thereafter. Any way of having your formatting independent of data on top? Thanks Try this as your conditional format formula =mod(row(),3)=1 then select format - patterns and choose your color |
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"background" formatting possible?
the thing is, I already have other conditional formatting on some cells, and
when I add the formula format, the other conditional formatting seems to get erased. is there any other way of doing this? thanks " wrote: On Jan 15, 12:14 pm, wb198 wrote: Hi, is it possible to format a background which will stay put while you manipulate your data cells / insert rows on top? That would be SO useful. E.g. I have a big table of data, and just for visual purposes, I want every 3rd line to be coloured, to make the table easier to read (esp when printed). However, if I update the table and add a row in at the beginning / middle, then it messes up the formatting pattern thereafter. Any way of having your formatting independent of data on top? Thanks Try this as your conditional format formula =mod(row(),3)=1 then select format - patterns and choose your color |
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"background" formatting possible?
How often do you add rows and would have to adjust the colorbars?....if not
really so often that you could not manually reset them, then you could use something like ASAP Utilities, a free add-in available at www.asap-utilities.com Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "wb198" wrote: the thing is, I already have other conditional formatting on some cells, and when I add the formula format, the other conditional formatting seems to get erased. is there any other way of doing this? thanks " wrote: On Jan 15, 12:14 pm, wb198 wrote: Hi, is it possible to format a background which will stay put while you manipulate your data cells / insert rows on top? That would be SO useful. E.g. I have a big table of data, and just for visual purposes, I want every 3rd line to be coloured, to make the table easier to read (esp when printed). However, if I update the table and add a row in at the beginning / middle, then it messes up the formatting pattern thereafter. Any way of having your formatting independent of data on top? Thanks Try this as your conditional format formula =mod(row(),3)=1 then select format - patterns and choose your color |
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