How do I make a spreadsheet that skips each cell and adds color

[PeterM]

What I actually mean, I like to have green every other cell, for about 125
cells, is there a way to , not with VBA, I can't get that into my senior
citizen head.......Peter

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you're not using conditional formatting, maybe you can use it for this. Chip
Pearson explains it all:
http://cpearson.com/excel/banding.htm