See if this helps

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

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Bob Phillips

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"Enrique" wrote in message
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Running Excel XP SP2, I have a file that has various colors for the
background of the cell. I have one person that views this file using the
same version of Excel but the background are the standard white with black
text. I figure there has to be a local setting that causing this, but I
can
not figure out what it is. If I log on to his machine (Windows XP SP2)
the
Excel file shows up correctly. What's causing this?

Thanks,
Enrique