Many thanks Garfield. That was a great help to me as well. Wish I'd checked
this out sooner!

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

In Windows, click on Start | Control Panel | Accessibility Options |
Display tab | uncheck the "Use high contrast" box | OK.

marsbar1 wrote:
when using excel 2007 if I cange the font colour or cell colour fill command
the cell contents still appear black on a white background. I can only see
the correct colurs in print preview mode. Any help on this would be
appreciated.