We can highlight non-adjacent cells and total their values automatically with VBA. This strategy helps to perform automatic calculations and analysis on worksheet data quickly and easily.

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Here’s the complete VBA code:

Sub highlightNonAdjacentCells()
For i = 2 To 8
If Cells(i, 1) = “HDD” Then
Cells(i, 1).Font.ColorIndex = 2
Cells(i, 6).Font.ColorIndex = 2
Cells(i, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = 5
Cells(i, 6).Interior.ColorIndex = 5
End If

Next i

End Sub

Sub addValuesColoredCells()
Dim total As Single
Dim lastrow As Long
lastrow = Sheets(“sheet1”).Range(“A” & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
total = 0
For i = 2 To lastrow
If Cells(i, 6).Interior.ColorIndex = 5 Then
total = total + Cells(i, 6).Value
End If
Next i
MsgBox “The total value is ” & total
End Sub

Here’s an image of the Excel worksheet with highlighted data:

Further reading:

Color Functions In Excel