Thank you for your reply, but as previously stated, this color is NOT in my
Windows Appearance color settings. I have checked this twice, and yes, I am
familiar with this option and customizing it (my current selected items color
is blue). This change only happened once I installed Office 2003 yesterday;
my previous version (2000) did use my Windows color settings. This is how I
know that this has to be some setting within Excel or Office in general that
changed this. Perhaps this is just a default setting that can NOT be changed?
Has anyone else experienced this yellow coloration? Another point to mention,
this is only apparent in Excel and not any other Office applications. I hope
that clears up the confusion. Any other relevant ideas as to what is causing
this and how to fix it?

"Sheila D" wrote:

The ugly yellow must be part of your colour scheme as it's not an Excel
default. You need to post yuour question in a Windows news group if you don't
know how to change the colour scheme. Hope this helps


"Munchichic" wrote:

Hello. We just purchased Office 2003 standard. We previously used Office 2000
Professional. I see that selected items (items you click on with the mouse)
are now highlighted a yellow color. This doesn't match my Windows color
settings. I do not like this ugly yellow color. How can I change it to either
be customized or simply match my Windows color preferences? I cannot find any
option within Excel to correct this. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.