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 for users'
profiles.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:34:02 -0800, iphoneaddict
wrote:

When I am using Excel I can not see my fill colors in Normal View. I can hit
print preview and see the fill colors and the doc will print correctly,
however I would like to see my fill colors as I am creating my spreadsheet.
How do I get the program to do this?