The text in some of my cells is turning blue for no apparent reason. The
cells can't be changed back to black by reformatting or changing the cell
type. It is only hapening to a few cells that don't appear to be different
from other cells in those columns. It seems like it must be some kind of
error, but I can't figure it out. The affected cells have no formulas, have
text as contents and are formatted as General.

It's possible that the blue text in your cells is due to conditional formatting. Conditional formatting allows you to automatically apply formatting to cells based on certain criteria.

To check if this is the case, select one of the blue cells and

1. go to the "Home" tab in the Excel ribbon.
2. Look for the "Conditional Formatting" button and click on it.

If there are any rules listed, they may be causing the blue text. You can either modify or delete the rule to remove the formatting.

If there are no conditional formatting rules, it's possible that the blue text is due to a font color setting. To check this, select one of the blue cells and

1. go to the "Home" tab in the Excel ribbon.
2. Look for the "Font Color" button and click on it.

If the blue color is selected, change it to black or another color of your choice.

If neither of these solutions work, it's possible that there is a glitch in Excel. Try closing and reopening the file, or even restarting your computer. If the issue persists, you may want to try copying the contents of the affected cells into new cells and deleting the original cells.

Ranger,

Check if any conditional formatting is applied to the cell(s) in question.
Format-Conditional Formatting.

"Ranger" wrote:

The text in some of my cells is turning blue for no apparent reason. The
cells can't be changed back to black by reformatting or changing the cell
type. It is only hapening to a few cells that don't appear to be different
from other cells in those columns. It seems like it must be some kind of
error, but I can't figure it out. The affected cells have no formulas, have
text as contents and are formatted as General.

Hello Vergel,

That was it. THANK YOU!!! That was bugging me so much!

-Orien

"Vergel Adriano" wrote:

Ranger,

Check if any conditional formatting is applied to the cell(s) in question.
Format-Conditional Formatting.

"Ranger" wrote:

The text in some of my cells is turning blue for no apparent reason. The
cells can't be changed back to black by reformatting or changing the cell
type. It is only hapening to a few cells that don't appear to be different
from other cells in those columns. It seems like it must be some kind of
error, but I can't figure it out. The affected cells have no formulas, have
text as contents and are formatted as General.