can't find the original note i wrote that you answered, but that IS what the
problem was. i attempted to write you directly to thank you, but my email
came back as undeliverable. the high contrast function needs to be turned
off/unchecked, and then voila, there you have color functionality in excel,
again! happy days!

and you explained it so a non-techie like me could understand. thank you so
much. bnn

"T. Valko" wrote:

See if this is the culprit:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833258

Biff

"BZBOYLE" wrote in message
...
On Excel 2002 I can only see the fill colors in a cell when I go to print
preview. I cannot see them when I am in normal view. Can someone help.
Thanks