Highlight Active Row & Column in Excel (7 Levels)

Опубликовано: 04 Апрель 2026
на канале: Victor Chan
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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.
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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:    • Highlight Active Row or Column of any shee...