VBA to format Cells with Borders based on Column Value ( merged cells)

mtoure

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Hello Everyone,
I know this issue has been addressed but none of the solutions really solve my problem; hope someone can help me.
I have a spreadsheet with a lot of data that i was able to manipulate with codes and the last part is to now format with borders and blank cells between to make it easy to read (Below is a copy of the data and also what i am trying to achieve). Columns A to I have merged cells and Column J to P do not. I would like to have solid borders around my rows based on the area of the merged cells in column E but do not want borders around the single cells in Col J to P and also would like to insert a blank row every time there is a change in Col E.
I have tried may codes that did not work and was ready to just settle with just inserting a blank row just when there is a change in Columns E but considering that the col has merged cells, it is not working; it is inserting rows and not taking into account merged areas.
Please see below images of the data as is, what i want and what i was able to achieve with the code below:

Raw Data


Book1
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
1COCompanyResultWorkerEmployee IDGrossDed/TaxNetTotal Paid HoursNameAmountHoursNameAmountNameAmount
2NCNanny and CoryTempAnsadfas Cedwfsd12414300.00100.00200.00173.33Regular Salary200.00156.00Apple38.70SSP1,006.07
3Regular Salary100.0017.33Apple4.30MD235.29
4Orange342.90ST/ AZ394.32
5Eyes1.56
6NCNanny and CoryTempClosonb Jenkin77617500.00200.00300.00173.33Regular Salary500.00173.33Orange281.00SSP550.92
7MD128.84
8VVT1,048.26
9125.0025.00100.00Bonus125.00SSP77.50
10MD18.13
11VVT275.00
12
13NCNanny and CoryTempJohn Doe12515133.0057.0076.00173.33Regular Salary133.00173.3333P1,733.34SSP810.94
14Apple19.00MD189.65
15BUS120.00CT/ NY436.56
16Eyes8.22FAM10.00
17YSD2.60
18
Raw


What I want

Book1
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
1COCompanyResultWorkerEmployee IDGrossDed/TaxNetTotal Paid HoursNameAmountHoursNameAmountNameAmount
2NCNanny and CoryTempAnsadfas Cedwfsd12414300.00100.00200.00173.33Regular Salary200.00156.00Apple38.70SSP1,006.07
3Regular Salary100.0017.33Apple4.30MD235.29
4Orange342.90ST/ AZ394.32
5Eyes1.56
6
7NCNanny and CoryTempClosonb Jenkin77617500.00200.00300.00173.33Regular Salary500.00173.33Orange281.00SSP550.92
8MD128.84
9VVT1,048.26
10125.0025.00100.00Bonus125.00SSP77.50
11MD18.13
12VVT275.00
13
14
15NCNanny and CoryTempJohn Doe12515133.0057.0076.00173.33Regular Salary133.00173.3333P1,733.34SSP810.94
16Apple19.00MD189.65
17BUS120.00CT/ NY436.56
18Eyes8.22FAM10.00
19YSD2.60
20
Raw (3)


What i Get with the code below:
Sub InsertLine()
Dim lrow As Long
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
For lrow = Cells(Cells.Rows.Count, 5).End(xlUp).Row To 2 Step -1
If Cells(lrow, 5) <> Cells(lrow - 1, 5) Then
Rows(lrow).EntireRow.Insert
Rows(lrow).Interior.ColorIndex = 15
Rows(lrow).BorderAround _
ColorIndex:=1, Weight:=xlThin
End If
Next lrow
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub


Book1
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
1COCompanyResultWorkerEmployee IDGrossDed/TaxNetTotal Paid HoursNameAmountHoursNameAmountNameAmount
2
3NCNanny and CoryTempAnsadfas Cedwfsd12414300.00100.00200.00173.33Regular Salary200.00156.00Apple38.70SSP1,006.07
4
5Regular Salary100.0017.33Apple4.30MD235.29
6Orange342.90ST/ AZ394.32
7Eyes1.56
8
9NCNanny and CoryTempClosonb Jenkin77617500.00200.00300.00173.33Regular Salary500.00173.33Orange281.00SSP550.92
10
11MD128.84
12VVT1,048.26
13125.0025.00100.00Bonus125.00SSP77.50
14MD18.13
15VVT275.00
16
17
18NCNanny and CoryTempJohn Doe12515133.0057.0076.00173.33Regular Salary133.00173.3333P1,733.34SSP810.94
19Apple19.00MD189.65
20BUS120.00CT/ NY436.56
21Eyes8.22FAM10.00
22YSD2.60
23
Raw (2)


Thank you for all your Help in advance
 

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Try this

Code:
Sub InsertLine()
  Dim ar As Range
  For Each ar In Range("A3", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants)
    ar.EntireRow.Insert
    ar.Offset(-1).EntireRow.Interior.ColorIndex = 15
    ar.Offset(-1).EntireRow.BorderAround ColorIndex:=1, Weight:=xlThin
  Next
End Sub
 
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