Are you implying that these dark grey cells are included within the large
section you are talking about? If so, if you select that large section and
change the color, it will affect the cells that are now dark grey, i.e. ALL
selected cells.

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:34:02 -0700, "Shooter"
wrote:

My worksheet is large and has many areas with cells shaded a dark grey
color(cell pattern color). I would like to highlight a large section of the
worksheet and set a new lighter shade color without affecting the existing
shaded cells. Is this possible? Thanks for your help.