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    Button that automatically fills row?

    I have a table that has demographic info (name, DOB, address, etc.) that I have to manually enter into another program. Is there a way, with a button or anything, that I can automatically fill the next row with color when I finish entering it? What i'm looking for is, when I finish uploading row 1, a button I can press that fills the whole row 1 with colour or something so that when I look at row 2, I don't inadvertently upload information from row 1 (since it will be a different colour), then I press the button again and it fills row 2 and so on and so forth, since I am just going consecutively down the table and uploading the information. Currently, manually highlighting and filling takes too long. If anyone has another suggestion though, I would gladly appreciate it.

    Edit: Almost immediately after posting this, I found a workaround using conditional formatting, issue solved
    Last edited by Battletoads; 04-17-2018 at 09:27 AM.

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    Re: Button that automatically fills row?

    Hello Battletoads,

    Assuming your issue requires highlighting rows for which the required data has already been entered, carry out the following steps:

    1. Identify the range of cells you will need to enter the data for i.e the number of line items for which information has to be entered.

    2. Go to Home -> Conditional Formatting -> New Rule [Shortcut : Alt - H - L - N]

    3. Choose "Format only cells that contain" under "Select a new rule".

    4. Edit the rule description to Cell value - not equal to - "" (Indicating the cell value equal to a blank cell)

    5. Head to "Format" option in the same window. Select the "Fill" tab and pick a color of your choice to highlight the cells.

    6. Click OK to save the new formatting rule and your highlighting process should be streamlined.

    Have a fabulous day. Cheers!

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