Comments on: Irregular Color Banding

By: milosh

milosh — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:20:00 +0000

To Jason B — about formating every second row with different colors:

It would be easier to use just MOD(ROW(),2)=1 instead, which would give you exactly the same result without having reference to your area. If you would like, then you can even use AND(A1?”,MOD(ROW(),2)=1)=TRUE in column A to have formating only in the cells, that have some content inside — so the formating automatically expands, once you are filling your table

By: Maarten Molenaar

Maarten Molenaar — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:54:00 +0000

The formula in my last post is not displayed correctly, i don’t know why. It reads like =IF(A2 NOT EQUALS A1;IF(A1=1;1;0);B1). The NOT EQUALS signs where not displayed!

By: Maarten Molenaar

Maarten Molenaar — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:37:00 +0000

I see a lot of difficult statements, just think simple.

I have 2 columns:

a b

one 1
one 1
one 1
two 0
two 0
two 0
three 1
three 1
four 0

First I sort column A. Then I insert my temp-column, B. In the first cel of B i put the value '1'. Then in B2 i put the formula: =ALS(A2A1;ALS(A1=1;1;0);B1). I copy the formula to the bottom. Then I select the complete A column. I use conditional formatting with the following formula: =$B1=1. If this is true I highlight the cel.
Simpel, and works perfect!

By: Jason B

Jason B — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:01:00 +0000

A bit off topic, but I had a need to have every other row's background shaded with color (and the others white). It is similar to this post. I used it to make a large spreadsheet easier to read. At first I tried copying two rows by right-clicking the fill handle and choosing "fill formats only". However any time I hid, deleted, or inserted a row, I had to re-do. So I used this conditional format: =MOD(Subtotal(103, $A$2:$A2)+1,2) where my region starts with A2. Note that column A can't be blank.

This maintains the formatting with hides, unhides, and deletions. If you simply copy an existing row and Insert Copied Cells, the formatting is maintained.

Hopefully this will help someone, Enjoy!

By: Andrew Reynolds

Andrew Reynolds — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:41:00 +0000

If you are allowed to refer to another cell, i.e. apply conditional formatting if other cell =TRUE then this works: =OR(AND(B2=TRUE,A3=A2),AND(B2=FALSE,A3 ‘not equal to’ A2)). ‘B2′ is one cell above the ‘test list’; the ‘test cell’ copied down, in this case is in column B.
Personally I have an irrational dislike to the MOD function
Andrew

By: Jason Morin

Jason Morin — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:49:00 +0000

Sorry, that should be NOT EQUAL between A4 and A3 and G3 NOT EQUAL 1, not G31.

By: Jason Morin

Jason Morin — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:43:00 +0000

I did this a while ago. This requires more steps but seems to require less processing power.

1. Put a 1 in G3.
2. In G4 insert the formula below and copy down:
=(A4A3)*(G31)+(A4=A3)*G3
3. Highlight row 4 and under cond. formatting use:
=$G4=0
4. Copy the cond. formatting down.

Jason

By: Beate Schmitz

Beate Schmitz — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:57:00 +0000

Sorry,

the 2nd formula is scrambled. Another trial, otherwise pls refer to link:

=MOD(SUM(N($A$1:$A2$A$2:$A3)),2)

Regards,
Beate

By: Beate Schmitz

Beate Schmitz — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:44:00 +0000

Hello,

try for cell A3:
=MOD(SUM(1/COUNTIF($A$3:$A3,$A$3:$A3)),2)>0.5

Example in German language but with demonstration:
http://www.online-excel.de/excel/singsel.php?f=75#s29

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Or this:
=MOD(SUM(N($A$1:$A2$A$2:$A3)),2)

Example in German language but with demonstration:
http://www.excelformeln.de/tips.html?welcher=70

Both are for sorted lists.

Regards,
Beate

By: Tushar Mehta

Tushar Mehta — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:30:00 +0000

One can solve the problem of moving the range with the following change to the names:

FirstCell=Sheet1!$H$5
DataRng=OFFSET(FirstCell,0,0,COUNTA(INDEX(Sheet1!$1:$65536,,COLUMN(FirstCell))),1)

Also -- and this in no way is meant to take away from Dick's really creative solution -- if one uses an extra column the process can be significantly simplified. Suppose the data are in H starting with H2. Then, in I2 enter the formula =IF(H2=H1,I1,MOD(I1+1,2)) Now, the c.f. for H2 would be =$I2=1

The I2 formula is one I have used on many occasions. It -- or a variant -- is a simple way to identify each change in values in a column.

And, 11AM CDT is noon EDT, not 10AM EDT. We should try again using the time in your time zone. I'll adjust to whatever zone I am in that day. {grin} I'll use your gmail account for a follow up message.