Brilliant! That was the problem. Many thanks!

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:

If the high contrast setting is turned on you won't see the font 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


BAB wrote:
My worksheets won't allow me to use colour fonts. I can write in colour while
in a cell, but the cell contents revert to black when I press "Enter" or
"Tab" and leave the cell. I've never come across this problem before. I
have tried to repair the Office 2003 installation, but it has not solved the
problem.


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