You should have entered the formula as shown, and then selected a formatting option from the Format With dropdown box. The Text to Columns tool is covered in much more depth in our Expert Skills Books and E-books. It can be accessed from the Excel Ribbon under: Data > Data Tools > Text to Columns. Next, change the formatting option from the default of Format only cells that contain to Use a formula to determine which cells to format, which is the last option shown in the dialog box below:įinally, configure the options to look like the following screenshot. The Text to Columns tool is a more advanced way to split delimited data. Select File > Print > 'Show Print Preview' to see what the printed. Click and select the row you wish to appear at the top of every page. Under the Sheet tab, in the 'Rows to repeat at top' field, click the spreadsheet icon. Once you have chosen the Classic formatting rule style, the New Formatting Rule dialog will change to show you the related options: Click the Page Layout tab > In the 'Page Setup' group, click Print Titles. Now when you return to your spreadsheet, you should see the text centered across the cells that you selected. Click on 'Center Across Selection' in the drop-down box called Horizontal. When the Format Cells window appears, select the Alignment tab. In our case, we need the Classic option from the list shown in the screenshot below: Right-click and then select 'Format Cells' from the popup menu. The dialog box defaults to 2-color Scale. The New Formatting Rule dialog box will then be displayed as follows. Note that you can also choose Conditional Formatting from the Format menu. In our case, we are skipping the presets (the first five options) and setting up a New Rule. Then, click the option you want from the drop down list. Select the range of cells you want to format with alternat row shading.Ĭlick the Conditional Formatting button on the Home menu It is a bit convoluted, but works well once you follow these steps.
The way it works is to check to see if the current row number is an even number, and then format the even numbered rows with a formatting colour/shading of your choice. This method uses the conditional formatting option in Excel that allows you to set the format of a cell or range of cells based on the outcome of a formula.
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Configure alternate row shading in Excel 2011 for Mac This lesson shows you a quick and easy way to do it on Excel 2011 for Mac.
By default, the cursor is on the center section of the header. The workbook view will now change to the ‘Page Layout’ view. Then, click the ‘Header & Footer’ icon found on the ‘Text’ group on the Ribbon. There are a number of ways you can achieve this. First, go to the ‘Insert’ tab on the tab list. If you are working with large tables of data in Excel, you can make your spreadsheet easier to read by formatting alternate rows to be shaded a different colour.
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