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The process of highlighting rows in VBA involves using a coding language to manipulate and visually distinguish specific rows within a dataset. This can be achieved by using various VBA commands, such as the “Range” and “Interior.Color” commands, to change the background color or font color of the desired rows. For example, to highlight all odd-numbered rows in a range, the code could specify a conditional formatting rule to change the background color of those rows to a desired color. This allows for easier data analysis and organization within Excel worksheets.
Highlight Rows in VBA (With Examples)
You can use the following methods in VBA to highlight rows:
Method 1: Highlight Active Row
Sub HighlightActiveRow()
ActiveCell.EntireRow.Interior.Color = vbYellow
End Sub
This particular macro will highlight the currently active row.
Method 2: Highlight Specific Row
Sub HighlightSpecificRow()
Rows("4:4").Interior.Color = vbYellow
End SubThis particular macro will highlight row 4 in the current sheet.
Method 3: Highlight Several Specific Rows
Sub HighlightSpecificRows()
Range("2:2,4:4,6:6,8:8").Interior.Color = vbYellow
End SubThis particular macro will highlight rows 2, 4, 6, and 8 in the current sheet.
Note: To highlight all rows between 2 and 8, you can type Range(“2:8”) instead.
The following examples show how to use each method in practice.
Example 1: Highlight Active Row
Suppose we currently have cell B3 selected.
We can create the following macro to highlight each cell in the currently active row
Sub HighlightActiveRow()
ActiveCell.EntireRow.Interior.Color = vbYellow
End SubWhen we run this macro, we receive the following output:

Notice that each cell in row three is highlighted and all other rows are simply left untouched.
Example 2: Highlight Specific Row
Suppose we would like to highlight row four only.
We can create the following macro to do so:
Sub HighlightSpecificRow()
Rows("4:4").Interior.Color = vbYellow
End SubWhen we run this macro, we receive the following output:

Notice that each cell in row four is highlighted and all other rows are simply left untouched.
Example 3: Highlight Several Specific Rows
Suppose we would like to highlight rows 2, 4, 6, and 8 in the current sheet.
We can create the following macro to do so:
Sub HighlightSpecificRows()
Range("2:2,4:4,6:6,8:8").Interior.Color = vbYellow
End SubWhen we run this macro, we receive the following output:

Notice that rows 2, 4, 6, and 8 are all highlighted and all other rows are left untouched.
Note: In each example we chose to use yellow (vbYellow) as the highlight color, but you can choose a different color such as vbRed, vbGreen, vbBlue, etc.
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