Want to to alternate row colors in Excel? You can apply color in alternate row & column in Excel spreadsheet using Conditional Formatting.

7. And, in the last field box, choose On Top, which sorts the selected rows to the top of the spreadsheet (choosing On Bottom sorts the selected rows to the bottom). 8.

Counting records or values in Microsoft Excel is easy. Counting individual cells by their fill color definitely isn't. Using an old function and a matrix tames the problem.