In a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGjqDGF7xaM) published on YouTube back in 2008, I explained how to highlight the active row in Excel. In this brief article, I discuss how you can highlight the active cell in Excel. In this particular case, I will only change the font color of the cell, but you can later change the conditional formatting and apply whatever formatting you wish.

Here's how it is done:

1. Create a named range called AddressOfActiveCell using the formula: =ADDRESS(5,6)
2. Select the entire worksheet and apply a conditional formatting using the formula (the active cell being A1 upon selection): =ADDRESS(ROW(A1),COLUMN(A1))=AddressOfActiveCell
3. Now, open the visual basic editor and insert the following code:


Private Sub Workbook_SheetSelectionChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range)

    With ThisWorkbook.Names("AddressOfActiveCell")
        .Name = "AddressOfActiveCell"
        .RefersToR1C1 = "=address(" & ActiveCell.Row & "," & ActiveCell.Column & ")"
    End With

End Sub

Check the video tutorial here: