If you want to apply color in alternate rows and columns in an Excel spreadsheet, here is what you need to do. It is possible to show the desired color in every alternate row or column with the ...

How do you set up a worksheet with alternating colored rows like the traditional columnar pad design? There are many ways, but the easiest, for both Excel 2003 and 2007 is with a Conditional ...

Q: I need to be able to easily color every other row in Excel 2003 and Excel 2007. Can you help me with this? A: To accomplish this in Excel 2003, you could use the one ugly auto-format option which ...

Alternating row or column colors assists data identification by making the row or column easier to distinguish. In Microsoft Excel, you can achieve this effect using conditional formatting to change ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. The preferred way to delineate rows or columns in tables is with white space.

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