How to make cell flash red in Excel?
In general, we highlight the cells with different backgrounds to make them out from others, but here, in this article, I introduce a VBA code can make the specific cells flash with red background to outstanding in Excel.
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Make cell flash red with VBA
For making cells blink blink to attract users’ attention, here is a VBA code.
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1. Enable the sheet you want to flash cells, and press Alt + F11 keys to open Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and then paste below VBA code to the Module script. See screenshot:
VBA: Make cell flash red
Private Sub Flash_Cells()
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Dim xColor As Integer
Dim xCount As Integer
Dim xSpeed As Double
Dim xStart As Double
Dim xDelay As Double
Dim xRg As Range
Dim xTxt As String
Dim xCell As Range
On Error Resume Next
If ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Count > 1 Then
xTxt = ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.AddressLocal
Else
xTxt = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.AddressLocal
End If
Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Select cells", "Kutools for Excel", xTxt, , , , , 8)
If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
For Each xCell In xRg
If xCell.Value > 4 Then
xColor = 3
xSpeed = 0.6
Do Until xCount = 20
DoEvents
xStart = Timer
xDelay = xStart + xSpeed
Do Until Timer > xDelay
DoEvents
xRg.Interior.ColorIndex = xColor
Loop
xStart = Timer
xDelay = xStart + xSpeed
Do Until Timer > xDelay
DoEvents
xRg.Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
Loop
xCount = xCount + 1
Loop
End If
Next
End Sub
3. Press F5 key, and a Kutools for Excel dialog pops out for selecting cells you want to make flash, see screenshot:
4. Click OK. Now the selected cell has been flash with red background.
Tips:
(1) In the VBA code, you can change the background color (xColor = 3), blink speed (xSpeed = 0.6) and blink times (Do Until xCount = 20) as you want.
(2) This VBA code won’t add flash background to blank selection.
(3) This flash background will be removed automatically after the blank times finish.
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