Adding a color to every other row gives your templates some pizzazz and can make them a bit easier to read.

Microsoft Excel 2007's conditional formatting feature allows you to format cells based on certain criteria. As an example, you might want the row color to change based upon a credit or debit on a ...

First, you can select particular rows or columns and change the background color manually. Second, you can use the Conditional Formatting functionality to apply the same in automation.

Click the Background Color button, and in the list, select Automatic. If you want to change the color of the even numbered rows, click Alternate Row Color.