Might be this problem........................

The Windows High Contrast setting.

Read this KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=833258
The fill color, the fill pattern, or the line color of a WordArt or
AutoShape object in an Office document does not change


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:05:01 -0700,
m wrote:

cell fill color will only show up in print preview

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP