Color coding the excel sheets

I have a user that wants to color code her worksheet tabs. I know that you
can individually color code each one by right-clicking. Is there a way to
have excel launch with each tab set to a color (ex. sheet 1=red,
sheet2=green, sheet3=yellow, etc.)? She wants this to launch this way every
time. Thanks.

Shane

Certainly a workbook_open event could do this but why not just set a
template with the sheets colored as desired>save it>use it..

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
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"Shane" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have a user that wants to color code her worksheet tabs. I know that
you
> can individually color code each one by right-clicking. Is there a way to
> have excel launch with each tab set to a color (ex. sheet 1=red,
> sheet2=green, sheet3=yellow, etc.)? She wants this to launch this way
every
> time. Thanks.
>
> Shane

Shane

For all new workbooks to have the color-coded tabs.........

Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish. File>Save As Type: scroll down
to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes).
Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT.

Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

This will be the default workbook for File>New or when you click on the New
Icon on the Standard Toolbar.

Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings.

You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default Insert>Sheet.

More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 06:57:04 -0800, "Shane" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I have a user that wants to color code her worksheet tabs. I know that you
>can individually color code each one by right-clicking. Is there a way to
>have excel launch with each tab set to a color (ex. sheet 1=red,
>sheet2=green, sheet3=yellow, etc.)? She wants this to launch this way every
>time. Thanks.
>
>Shane

That works for new docs, but what about old documents that have all white tabs?

"Don Guillett" wrote:

> Certainly a workbook_open event could do this but why not just set a
> template with the sheets colored as desired>save it>use it..
>
> --
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> [email protected]
> "Shane" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I have a user that wants to color code her worksheet tabs. I know that
> you
> > can individually color code each one by right-clicking. Is there a way to
> > have excel launch with each tab set to a color (ex. sheet 1=red,
> > sheet2=green, sheet3=yellow, etc.)? She wants this to launch this way
> every
> > time. Thanks.
> >
> > Shane
>
>
>