diff --git a/Repositories/statistics/includes/inc.html.cumulative_usage.es.php b/Repositories/statistics/includes/inc.html.cumulative_usage.es.php
index c8e188d..5eeabee 100755
--- a/Repositories/statistics/includes/inc.html.cumulative_usage.es.php
+++ b/Repositories/statistics/includes/inc.html.cumulative_usage.es.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	$max_width = '500'; // Max pixel width of barchart.
 	
 	print '<span style="font-size:small;">Click on a month to see document downloads for that month.</span>';
-	print "<table>\n";
+	print "<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='4'>\n";
 	print '<tr><th style="background-color:#cccccc;">Period</th>
 		<th style="background-color:#66ddee;">Abstracts</th>
 		<th style="background-color:#4477dd;color:#ffffff;">Downloads</th>
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 	for ($rs=0;$rs<count($GLOBALS["db_values"]);$rs++)
 	{
 		$monthnum = (int) strpos('JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec', $GLOBALS["db_values"][$rs]["month"])/3 + 1;
-		print '<tr><td style="font-size:small;"><a href="'.
+		// NJS 2005-12-15: subtly highlight every alternate row
+		print '<tr';
+		if ($rs % 2) print ' style="background-color:#EDF3FE;"';
+		print '><td style="font-size:small;"><a href="'.
 			$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].
 			'?action=show_detail_date;year='.
 			$GLOBALS["db_values"][$rs]["year"].