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background color for excel and word document
I have problem with glare (I suffer from migraine). How do I change the
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In Excel CTRL + a(twice in 2003) to select all cells.
Format to a light blue color. In Word use FormatBackground and set to a light blue. In either application you can set this as default for all NEW workbooks and Word documents. For Word you would open Normal.dot and make the change then save. For Excel it is a little more work. Open a new workbook. Customize your as you wish. FileSave As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT. Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........ C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART This will be the default workbook for FileNew or the Toolbar button FileNew Do not use FileNew...Blank Workbook or you will get the Excel default workbook. NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings. You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes the default InsertSheet. More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes). Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:47:02 -0800, drs700 wrote: I have problem with glare (I suffer from migraine). How do I change the background from white to light blue, while working on excel or a word document (keeping the font color as black)? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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Thanks Gord.
In excel if I format the background color, I would loose the grid lines. To avoid this I can select borders for all the cells. However when I need to print the sheet I would get very dark borders. Is there a way to get the background color without loosing the gridlines? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In Excel CTRL + a(twice in 2003) to select all cells. Format to a light blue color. In Word use FormatBackground and set to a light blue. In either application you can set this as default for all NEW workbooks and Word documents. For Word you would open Normal.dot and make the change then save. For Excel it is a little more work. Open a new workbook. Customize your as you wish. FileSave As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT. Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........ C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART This will be the default workbook for FileNew or the Toolbar button FileNew Do not use FileNew...Blank Workbook or you will get the Excel default workbook. NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings. You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes the default InsertSheet. More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes). Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:47:02 -0800, drs700 wrote: I have problem with glare (I suffer from migraine). How do I change the background from white to light blue, while working on excel or a word document (keeping the font color as black)? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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Cannot see gridlines when cell background is colored.
Only way around is to use borders with the thinnest line possible or print without gridlines. I very rarely print gridlines. I have not fooled around with Display options in Control PanelDisplay Options but there may be a theme you could use or download from the 'net........but this would affect all programs running under Windows OS Gord On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:19:02 -0800, drs700 wrote: Thanks Gord. In excel if I format the background color, I would loose the grid lines. To avoid this I can select borders for all the cells. However when I need to print the sheet I would get very dark borders. Is there a way to get the background color without loosing the gridlines? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In Excel CTRL + a(twice in 2003) to select all cells. Format to a light blue color. In Word use FormatBackground and set to a light blue. In either application you can set this as default for all NEW workbooks and Word documents. For Word you would open Normal.dot and make the change then save. For Excel it is a little more work. Open a new workbook. Customize your as you wish. FileSave As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT. Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........ C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART This will be the default workbook for FileNew or the Toolbar button FileNew Do not use FileNew...Blank Workbook or you will get the Excel default workbook. NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings. You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes the default InsertSheet. More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes). Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:47:02 -0800, drs700 wrote: I have problem with glare (I suffer from migraine). How do I change the background from white to light blue, while working on excel or a word document (keeping the font color as black)? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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One more Option...........don't use borders and when printing, check Black and
White and GridLines Gord On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:24:51 -0800, Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote: Cannot see gridlines when cell background is colored. Only way around is to use borders with the thinnest line possible or print without gridlines. I very rarely print gridlines. I have not fooled around with Display options in Control PanelDisplay Options but there may be a theme you could use or download from the 'net........but this would affect all programs running under Windows OS Gord On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:19:02 -0800, drs700 wrote: Thanks Gord. In excel if I format the background color, I would loose the grid lines. To avoid this I can select borders for all the cells. However when I need to print the sheet I would get very dark borders. Is there a way to get the background color without loosing the gridlines? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In Excel CTRL + a(twice in 2003) to select all cells. Format to a light blue color. In Word use FormatBackground and set to a light blue. In either application you can set this as default for all NEW workbooks and Word documents. For Word you would open Normal.dot and make the change then save. For Excel it is a little more work. Open a new workbook. Customize your as you wish. FileSave As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT. Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........ C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART This will be the default workbook for FileNew or the Toolbar button FileNew Do not use FileNew...Blank Workbook or you will get the Excel default workbook. NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings. You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes the default InsertSheet. More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes). Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:47:02 -0800, drs700 wrote: I have problem with glare (I suffer from migraine). How do I change the background from white to light blue, while working on excel or a word document (keeping the font color as black)? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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"Gord Dibben" wrote: One more Option...........don't use borders and when printing, check Black and White and GridLines Gord On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:24:51 -0800, Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote: Cannot see gridlines when cell background is colored. Only way around is to use borders with the thinnest line possible or print without gridlines. I very rarely print gridlines. I have not fooled around with Display options in Control PanelDisplay Options but there may be a theme you could use or download from the 'net........but this would affect all programs running under Windows OS Gord On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:19:02 -0800, drs700 wrote: Thanks Gord. In excel if I format the background color, I would loose the grid lines. To avoid this I can select borders for all the cells. However when I need to print the sheet I would get very dark borders. Is there a way to get the background color without loosing the gridlines? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In Excel CTRL + a(twice in 2003) to select all cells. Format to a light blue color. In Word use FormatBackground and set to a light blue. In either application you can set this as default for all NEW workbooks and Word documents. For Word you would open Normal.dot and make the change then save. For Excel it is a little more work. Open a new workbook. Customize your as you wish. FileSave As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT. Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........ C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART This will be the default workbook for FileNew or the Toolbar button FileNew Do not use FileNew...Blank Workbook or you will get the Excel default workbook. NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings. You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes the default InsertSheet. More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes). Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:47:02 -0800, drs700 wrote: I have problem with glare (I suffer from migraine). How do I change the background from white to light blue, while working on excel or a word document (keeping the font color as black)? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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