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.

Counting records or values in Microsoft Excel is easy. Counting individual cells by their fill color definitely isn't. Using an old function and a matrix tames the problem.

Microsoft Excel 2007's conditional formatting feature allows you to format cells based on certain criteria. As an example, you might want the row color to change based upon a credit or debit on a ...