In the Ask a Question box at the top right of the Excel window, type:

color palette

Press Enter, and choose 'Change the color palette in a workbook"


Glenn Chung wrote:
There's only 40 colors in Excel and I want to be able to choose more color,
lighter color that don't cover up black text easily. I can only find
information on this for Excel 97. How do you choose different color in Excel
2002 other than the standard 40?

Thanks!

Glenn


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Debra Dalgleish
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