Highlight in Excel When I Use High Contrast Black Windows Color Sc

[montgomerymouse]

I recently switched to using a black background in windows.

It's been great. I no longer get tension headaches.

The only problems 've runinto have been in excel.

I can't get the cells in excel to be shaded in colors. For instance, I
can't highlight a cell in yellow.
It will just stay black.

I use Windows XP and Excel 2002.

Thanks!

[Debra Dalgleish]

It's a known problem in Excel. If the high contrast setting is turned on
you won't see the fill colour. There's information in the following MSKB
article:

Changes to the fill color and the fill pattern are not displayed in
Office programs
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320531


montgomerymouse wrote:
> I recently switched to using a black background in windows.
>
> It's been great. I no longer get tension headaches.
>
> The only problems 've runinto have been in excel.
>
> I can't get the cells in excel to be shaded in colors. For instance, I
> can't highlight a cell in yellow.
> It will just stay black.
>
> I use Windows XP and Excel 2002.
>
> Thanks!
>


--
Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

[montgomerymouse]

Debra,

Thanks, that exactly the information I was looking for.

Do you know if the latest versions of Excel correct this problem?

Thx,
Monte

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:

> It's a known problem in Excel. If the high contrast setting is turned on
> you won't see the fill colour. There's information in the following MSKB
> article:
>
> Changes to the fill color and the fill pattern are not displayed in
> Office programs
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320531
>
>
> montgomerymouse wrote:
> > I recently switched to using a black background in windows.
> >
> > It's been great. I no longer get tension headaches.
> >
> > The only problems 've runinto have been in excel.
> >
> > I can't get the cells in excel to be shaded in colors. For instance, I
> > can't highlight a cell in yellow.
> > It will just stay black.
> >
> > I use Windows XP and Excel 2002.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>
>
> --
> Debra Dalgleish
> Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
> http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html
>
>

[Sp0ck]

Why is this marked solved?

[FDibbins]

Why is this marked solved?

because it WAS solved....

Debra,

Thanks, that exactly the information I was looking for.