Sounds like conditional formatting. Select a cell, goto FormatConditional
Formatting, and see if there is anything there.

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HTH

Bob

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"Scotty J" wrote in message
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I was given a worksheet with several cells already shaded. There is no
data or values in these cells. I was wondering how I could change the
color on those specific cells.