Thanks for help from all. This seems to have solved all my problems.

"JulieD" wrote:

Hi Jerry

check out
http://support.microsoft.com/dÂ*efault.aspx?kbid=320531
Changes to fill color and fill pattern are not displayed in Office programs

Cheers
JulieD

"JerryI" wrote in message
...
(Windows XP Home SP 2 and Excel 2002) I have been using and updating an
Excel spreadsheet for several years and suddenly almost all of the cell
background colors have 'faded' to white. This may have been in consort
with
my attempt to adjust my screen resolution, but I can't seem to re-find a
resolution that gets me back to 'the good old days', and I cannot 'color'
the
backgrounds of Excel cells anymore. Also, it seems that a lot of fonts
have
changed on websites; some are way too big and some are way too small, and
some of the website font background colors have also 'faded'. What's
happening?
--
JerryInBonhamTexas