conditional cell formatting

Geoff Sullivan via gnumeric-list <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:52:08 -0400
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I want to figure out how to add color to alternate rows of a spreadsheet 
using conditional formatting. In LibreOffice Calc there is a way to do 
this by setting the conditional of a range of cells to '=iseven(row())' 
and defining a style color in the dialog. Voila! alternate rows appear 
in the chosen color.

In Gnumeric there is an option for conditional formatting that seems to 
allow for the same effect. Select a range of cells to apply the row 
colors to. Under Format > Cells > Conditional Formatting there is a 
dialog box. You select 'Selection evaluates to TRUE' in the first box, 
enter (I think) '=iseven(row))' in the 'x:' box, select a background in 
the style box, and close. The colored rows should appear in your 
spreadsheet now. NOT SO MUCH. I tried this several different ways and 
once I noticed the Add button lit beside the box on the left (Editing 
conditional formatting:) and I clicked it. I believe some confirmation 
should have appeared there but it didn't.

Does anyone know what I'm missing here?

TIA

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    <p>I want to figure out how to add color to alternate rows of a
      spreadsheet using conditional formatting. In LibreOffice Calc
      there is a way to do this by setting the conditional of a range of
      cells to '=iseven(row())' and defining a style color in the
      dialog. Voila! alternate rows appear in the chosen color.</p>
    <p>In Gnumeric there is an option for conditional formatting that
      seems to allow for the same effect. Select a range of cells to
      apply the row colors to. Under Format &gt; Cells &gt; Conditional
      Formatting there is a dialog box. You select 'Selection evaluates
      to TRUE' in the first box, enter (I think) '=iseven(row))' in the
      'x:' box, select a background in the style box, and close. The
      colored rows should appear in your spreadsheet now. NOT SO MUCH. I
      tried this several different ways and once I noticed the Add
      button lit beside the box on the left (Editing conditional
      formatting:) and I clicked it. I believe some confirmation should
      have appeared there but it didn't.</p>
    <p>Does anyone know what I'm missing here?</p>
    <p>TIA<br>
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