How to Highlight Active Row and Column in Excel: Step-by-Step Tutorial

Описание: Learn How to Highlight Active Cells, Rows, and Columns in Excel!

In this step-by-step tutorial, we'll show you how to highlight the active cell, entire row, and entire column in Excel. This technique is perfect for improving your data analysis and making your spreadsheets more readable.

What you'll learn:

Activating the Developer Ribbon in Excel.
Using VBA code to highlight the active cell.
Applying Conditional Formatting to highlight entire rows and columns.

Steps covered in the video:

Activating the Developer Ribbon:
Go to File, then Options, then Customize Ribbon, check "Developer", and click "OK".
Adding VBA Code:
Open the Developer Ribbon, click "View Code", enter the provided VBA code, and close the VB window.
Using Conditional Formatting:
Select the cell range, go to Home Ribbon, Conditional Formatting, New Rule, Use a formula to determine which cells to format, and enter the provided formula.
Formulas and Codes Mentioned:

VBA Code:
(Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
If Application.CutCopyMode = False Then
Application.Calculate
End If
End Sub)

Conditional Formatting Formula:
1. Highlight Entire Row: =CELL("ROW")=ROW()
2. Highlight Entire Column: =CELL("COL")=COLUMN()
3. Highlight Both Row and Column simultaneously: =OR(CELL("ROW")=ROW(),CELL("COL")=COLUMN())



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