I remember reading other posts which say that the background colours
in XL 2007 seem very pale, but as I don't have that version I haven't
paid much attention. Perhaps you can do a Google search to see if any
of the answers proposed in other threads work for you.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Dec 23, 4:26*am, "Stan" <we@there wrote:
How do I change the default fill color of selected cells, which is normally
very pale?
Office 2007, Win XP Pro