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How to Use Alternating Colors to make a Summary Page

Learn how to use Alternating Colors, avoid formula parse errors, and design impressive Google Sheets.

This tip goes over how to use Alternating Colors.

Alternating Colors is a built in feature of google sheets. It’s in the menu when you pick a fill color.

Use Alternating colors with your tables, and uncheck View: Gridlines.

One bonus tip here, give your tables breathing room, by adding white space around them. This is great for summaries.

The best way to see how this is used. Watch a video.

In this free tutorial video I also go over some design principles that you can use in google sheets.

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