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 ...

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 ...

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Whether you’re using Microsoft Excel 2008 ( ; $400 as part of Office 2008) or 2004, you need some tricks up your sleeve for easing day-to-day tasks, such as entering data or custom sorting, as well as ...

If you’ve ever worked with an enormous Excel spreadsheet, you’ll know just how daunting all those rows and columns can be. Once you’re over 10 or 15 different values and labels, it can get pretty ...

In Microsoft Excel, there are row and column headings on your spreadsheet by default. The column header is the grey color alphabetical columns above the spreadsheet, and it identifies each column, ...

Raw data used to unnerve me so much that I’d put off the work until I absolutely had to tackle it. That changed once I started using five simple tricks that can turn even the messiest sheet into a ...