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SHADING ALTERNATE ROWS IN EXCEL (WIN)

Excel 2010 is a great software for any sort of number crunching. It is often used to create various kinds of inventory and data reports. By shading alternate data rows, such reports become easier to read.
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Open a blank Excel Worksheet. Start All Programs Microsoft Office Microsoft Office Excel 2010. Highlight the range of cells you want to format by clicking the first cell and dragging the curser over the desired area.

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On the toolbar, click Conditional Formatting and select the New Rule option.

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In the New Formatting Rule dialogue box, select Use a formula to determine which cells to format. Type =MOD(ROW(),2)=0 into the formula box. This formula uses the modulo function to find the remainder of the row number divided by the value 2. If the row is an even row, the remainder will be 0. If the row is an odd row, it will be 1. According to our formula, whenever the remainder is 0, the format will be applied to the row.

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Click the Format button located to the right of the preview.

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Click the Fill tab in the Format Cells dialogue box. Select your desired fill color under the Background Color option. Click OK twice, once on the Format Cells dialogue box and once on the New Formatting Rule dialogue box. Your end result should look something like this:

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