Excel - Shading entire row based on change of value

Question

I would like to shade entire rows in Excel based on the value of one cell. For example say I have the rows below:

**File No**
1122
1122
1144
1155
1155
1155
         


        

Answer 1

Use Conditional Formatting.

In it's simplest form, you are saying "for this cell, if it's value is X, then apply format foo". However, if you use the "formula" method, you can select the whole row, enter the formula and associated format, then use copy and paste (formats only) for the rest of the table.

You're limited to only 3 rules in Excel 2003 or older so you might want to define a pattern for the colours rather than using raw values. Something like this should work though: