Assuming Excel 2007 this is a known problem and as yet no patch for it.

I don't have Excel 2007 but I have read that playing with your Contrast can help
some.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:51:00 -0700, flameretired
wrote:

When I select cells in Excel the shading is so light (blue) that I can barely
tell which cells are selected from those that are not. Can I change the
background color of cells that are selected?
Thanks.