When you go to Print Preview does the color show?

Check this out................

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

As directed, change the High Contrast setting in Windows OS


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:52:01 -0700, Horse crazy <Horse
wrote:

I have a cell with several words in the color black, but I want to highlight
one of those words in red. While in the cell, I format the work using the
formatting function and while I'm editing the cell the formatting looks like
it will take place. However, when I exit the cell, I lose the formatting.