Highlight every other row

[Bri]

Hi
I have a large list of over 3 thousand rows that will be printed. Does
anyone know of a way to have Excel highlight every other row to make it
easier to read across, so I don’t have to do it manually?

Thank You!

 

[Guest]

see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=268568 it does exactly what you want

 

[Max]

I have a large list of over 3 thousand rows that will be printed. Does
anyone know of a way to have Excel highlight every other row to make it
easier to read across, so I don’t have to do it manually?

One play ..

Select A1, then press CTRL+A to select the entire sheet
Click Format > Conditional Formatting
Condition 1, Formula is: =MOD(ROW(),2)
Click Format button > Patterns tab > Light green? > OK
Click OK at the main dialog

The above will yield alternating light green rows