change background row color with change of date in a cell

U

Urszula

How do I change the background colour of the rows as the date in a cell
changes. So to get a 3D effect, eg:

29/5/06 = row grey
30/5/06 = row no colour
31/5/06 = row grey

Can this be done?

Urszula
 
C

CaptainQuattro

Urszula said:
How do I change the background colour of the rows as the date in a cell
changes. So to get a 3D effect, eg:

29/5/06 = row grey
30/5/06 = row no colour
31/5/06 = row grey

Can this be done?

Urszula
Click to expand...

Assuming your dates are in column A and your first date is in cell A3,
use:

Format > Conditional Formatting > Condition 1 > Formula is

=MOD($A3,2)=0

Click Format > Patterns and choose the grey that you want.

Edit > Copy Cell A3 and Edit > Paste Special > Formats to all the cells
in your
range.
 
B

Biff

Hi!

Do you want the entire row (column A to column IV) colored? Or, do you just
want a certain section of the row (A1:J1) colored? It's a waste of resouces
to color the entire row if you're not using the entire row.

Assume your dates are in the range A1:A3 and you want to color the range to
column J.

Select the range A1:J3
Goto Format>Conditional Formatting
Formula Is: =MOD(DAY($A1),2)=1
Click the Format button
Select the Patterns tab
Click on the shade of gray you want
OK you way out

Biff
 
C

CaptainQuattro

If you use Mod(day... you will get two adjacent same-coloured rows at
the end of a month with 31 days.
 
B

Biff

Oh, ok, I see what you mean:

1/31/2006
2/1/2006

Well, the posted example didn't "demonstrate" that that is how this is to be
used. <g>

Biff
 
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