Shade individual task rows

Question:

I want to add a background color to individual tasks in a column. For example, some of my tasks need to be shaded with a silver background. How do I do this?

Answer:

You can use the Gridline/Shade option.

This can be done for all task rows or line-by-line.

Select the task(s) you want to highlight.
The toolbar changes to Current Object:Task Row
Choose More Task Row Options
Choose Gridline/Shade.
Select the Shading tab and make your color choices.
Click to select the areas to be shaded (left columns, right columns or graph area).