Hi Four Jays,

See the MSKB article # 320531:

"Changes to the fill color and the fill pattern are not displayed in Office
programs"

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320531

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Regards,
Norman



"Four Jays" <Four wrote in message
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When I colour a word or number and fill the cell with a colour it previews
and prints as requiredd but views black only on screen.