Comments on: A Color is Not Data

By: Mudassar

Mudassar — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:17:51 +0000

Thanks for this stuff.
however if i change the interior of my range, the interior code never change automatically.

guide me plz.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:37:35 +0000

useful stuff. I always weep when people send these to me – now I don’t have to!

By: Jim Cone

Jim Cone — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:00:43 +0000

Coloring data is not useful to those who have trouble distinguishing colors. Excessive use of colors is confusing on spreadsheets.
I wrote an add-in to assist in determining worksheet colors. It identifies… cell interior, cell pattern, font, border and sheet tab colors and does so for normal or conditionally formatted colors.
It only works in Excel versions prior to xl2007 (god bless Microsoft for their ability to force upgrades).
Colors displayed on the cell right-click menu – see a picture here… http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh247/James_Cone/DetermineColorsPicture.jpg
or
download it here (free)… http://excelusergroup.org/media/p/326.aspx

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:27:04 +0000

Conditional formatting is the mood ring for Excel. It works and if you are 30 past due you are red. It is emphasis. In word text is data where bolding and underlining are emphasis.
Just relax.

By: ross

ross — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:07:34 +0000

Dont going saying that sort of thing to visual management types!