JohnThis can be done using the package xcolor. It envokes the colortbl package too. I will send you the docs in a private email as the package is fairly powerful giving you a lot of control over colors used.
Basically........
In the preamble put usepackage[table]{xcolor}
then at before the start of the table
\rowcolors{#}{oddcol}{evencol}
where # is the row number you want the coloring to begin - it will start
with the oddcol. oddcol and even col are the two colors you want to use. In
this basic version you can only use a few colors, but by selecting more
package options the possibilities are almost endless.
I attach a lyx example and the dvi out put. Geoff----- Original Message ----- From: "Søren O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:42 AM Subject: Re: Longtable
You know I've read theis very question during the last 2 days search for colortbl package problems I've had. I cant find the link just now. But certainly its related to the colortbl package by David CarlisleThere is the obvious manual way: insert a \rowcolor{color} ERT in eache tablerow, but I think there was an elegant (although complicated) solution to auto-alternating Kind regards Soren On Thursday 04 August 2005 23:22, John O'Gorman wrote:Slightly off thread but related question. Is there an easy way to alternate the colours of rows in a table (e.g. so it looks like traditional tractor-feed fanfold paper if any of you are old enough to remember) regards John O'Gorman-- Soren O'Neill, kiropraktor, MSc, klinisk lektor Rygambulatoriet, Sygehus Fyn Lindevej 5, 5750 Ringe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dskkb.dk tlf. 6362 1906 (arb.)
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