Is it possible to change the colors of the precedent and dependent arrows?

"Is it possible to format the trace precedents and dependents arrows? I want to change colours of the arrows."
In Excel, the answer is no.
For LibreOffice Calc, the answer is yes. (See a later post on this)

But, in Excel, you can do some programming in VBA to do your own precedent and dependent tracing with the colors of your choice.

For example, this diagram with different arrow colors was made with VBA macros. Each color indicates a group of cells that are connected.  The diagram shows 3 colors, indicating 3 groups of cells that are not connected to one another.


Precedent Arrows with Different Colors


This is done with the VisualCheck software described in this book:
Influence charts: How to easily gain a powerful overview of your Excel spreadsheet model






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