Microsoft KB Archive/142139

= Macro to Shade Every Other Row in a Selection =

PSS ID Number: 142139

Article Last Modified on 8/19/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
 * Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications

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This article was previously published under Q142139





This article also applies to:
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0a|7.0a
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 7.0
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel for WindowW NT 5.0
 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0
 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0a



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel, you can easily format a list range using the AutoFormat command on the Format menu. However, if you want to shade every other row in a selection, you must create a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure similar to the sample macro in the "More Information" section of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
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To see the patterns available in Microsoft Excel, click Cells on the Format menu, and then select the Patterns Tab. The Pattern drop-down box displays the available patterns. The pattern used in the following macro, referred to by its constant name, xlGray16, is the fifth one from the right in the first row.

The following macro sets the pattern in every other row of the current selection to xlGray16.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub ShadeEveryOtherRow

Dim Counter As Integer

'For every row in the current selection... For Counter = 1 To Selection.Rows.Count 'If the row is an odd number (within the selection)... If Counter Mod 2 = 1 Then 'Set the pattern to xlGray16. Selection.Rows(Counter).Interior.Pattern = xlGray16 End If      Next

End Sub

