Format alternate cells

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I have a spreadsheet of about 500 rows and additional rows are inserted every now and then. To make it easier to read when printed off, I want to shade alternate rows. Any idea how to do this - except manually?

Thanks, Lisa (UK)
 

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enter the formula
=MOD(ROW(),2)=0
and select what color you want to highlight from the patterns tab.

good luck

On 2002-02-27 07:25, Anonymous wrote:
I have a spreadsheet of about 500 rows and additional rows are inserted every now and then. To make it easier to read when printed off, I want to shade alternate rows. Any idea how to do this - except manually?

Thanks, Lisa (UK)
 
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