Highlight Active Row & Column in Excel (7 Levels)

Victor Chan February 16, 2024
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Say goodbye to repetitive Excel work with VBA automation.

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How to automatically highlight the row and/or column of the active cell so you always know where you are in Excel. ✅ Earn More & Fast Track Your Career: https://go.launchexcel.com/macros-vba-school-youtube ✅ Get weekly Excel VBA tips to be more productive. Join here: https://go.launchexcel.com/email-signup-youtube *Watch more videos* 1. Link every worksheet to a Master Sheet in Excel (VBA) https://youtu.be/G7SOJvtUUrc 2. Top 50 Excel Shortcuts from Beginner to Advanced https://youtu.be/iGdzvurKGHA 3. Excel Tips and Tricks to save hours of work https://youtu.be/hoUnZVRulLc *Click here for the article with full VBA code:* https://www.launchexcel.com/highlight-active-row-column-excel-7-levels *Download the Free Excel Workbook* Step 1: Sign up for free: https://go.launchexcel.com/email-signup-youtube Step 2: Log in here: https://courses.launchexcel.com/dashboard/en/login Step 3: Download: https://courses.launchexcel.com/school/course/workbook-downloads/lecture/5074882#headline-9a3b3ace *TIP: Stay logged in for quick access to all FREE workbook downloads.* *Chapters:* 00:00 - Intro to Excel Highlighting 00:47 - Manual Highlighting of Rows and Columns 01:17 - Level 1: Highlight Active Row with Conditional Formatting 02:41 - Level 2: Automate Row Highlighting with VBA Code 05:20 - Level 3: Highlight Active Column with Conditional Formatting 07:21 - Level 4: Highlight Both Active Row and Column 09:14 - Level 5: Create Crosshairs Effect with Different Colors 13:18 - Level 6: Adding an On/Off Dropdown 16:29 - Level 7: Adding an On/Off Toggle Button 20:51 - Bonus: Keeping Headers in View 22:33 - Conclusion and More Resources ** UPDATE: ** Want to know how to use VBA to make this method work for all worksheets in the workbook? Check out my friend Ismail's new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sww04SAFiY4

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