You can create a worksheet with alternating coloured rows (striped) with conditional formatting.

First, select the range that you want striped (or the whole sheet).

Next, go to Format/Conditional formatting. In the dropdown where it say value is, select “formula is”

In the textbox on the right type the expression “= mod(row(),2)=0″ (without the quotes, of course.

i got this from http://www.utteraccess.com/forums/showflat.php?&Number=1177188

Next the hard part.

I want to reference a set of cells dynamically in another spreadsheet (basically a CSV file) so i want to be able to tell my workbook the name of the file and then which columns i want.

It can be done! rather than try to explain step by step, here is the workbook!:)

I couldnt get it to reference files which werent already open in Excel, however, it remembers the data if you close the referenced file. for my app i dont care about having to open them both.

will try to work it out sometime…

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2 Steps:

ADDRESS(x, y)

Returns the String Reference for this position

e.g. $A$1

THen INDIRECT(ref)

returns the value of the cell

INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1, 2))

wahey!