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, 1 Aug 2006 19:05:02 -0700, WetRiverOak
wrote:

My Excel 2003 version does not show cell colors on screen when applied. Are
there some settings I need to set in this program? I just upgraded from
version 97 where it worked every time.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP