Looking for a way to make your Excel spreadsheets read more clearly? Why not try freezing some of the rows and columns. Here’s how.

Excel ROW function will return the row number of a reference. ROWS will return the number of rows in a column. Learn how to use the Row and Rows function in Excel.

How to alternate row colors in Excel To apply color in alternate rows or columns in Excel, follow these steps- Open the spreadsheet with Excel. Select the rows and columns that you want to colorize.

Click the View button in the top taskbar. Select Freeze. Click 1 row to freeze the top row, 2 rows to freeze the top two rows, or Up to row (X) to freeze every row up to your currently-selected cell.

A row-by-row formatting rule is as easy to apply as a column-by-column in Microsoft Excel, but you might not get the results you thought you would.

How to Highlight Every Other ID in Excel. When reading across a wide list of data, such as an account ledger or product description list, it is easy to confuse the rows.

Highlighting the entire record helps the user find corresponding values quicker. SEE: How to easily include dynamic dates in a Word doc using Excel (TechRepublic) How to highlight rows ...