when you click on a cell it puts a thick black line around the
cell.......what is that called and can the color be changed?

Microsoft probably has some really unrememberable name for it, I call it
"that thick black line around the cell(s) you have selected". Could be
something like "selecte range indicator"? Maybe someone else will actually
come up with the technical term?

Meanwhile, in Excel 2003 you can change the color so that you have to call
it something like "that thick colored line around the cell(s) you have
selected" by using Tools | Options and going to the [View] tab and choosing a
different color for the gridlines. The line will become the negative color
of the grid lines - change them to yellow, the selection indicator will be
blue.

In Excel 2007 I think the only option you have is to change the color scheme
(there are 3 to pick from) to get something different looking.

"JLR" wrote:

when you click on a cell it puts a thick black line around the
cell.......what is that called and can the color be changed?

I don't know if it has a name.

It just denotes which cell or cells are selected.

You cannot change the color without changing your Windows OS Theme which of
course would be a global change for your system.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:19:02 -0700, JLR
wrote:

when you click on a cell it puts a thick black line around the
cell.......what is that called and can the color be changed?

Not sure if there is an "official" name for it or not, but I call it the
"selection rectangle".

Rick


"JLR" wrote in message
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when you click on a cell it puts a thick black line around the
cell.......what is that called and can the color be changed?

hi
lotus calls it the cell pointer. i have used that in discussions and
everyone seems to understand.

regards
FSt1

"JLR" wrote:

when you click on a cell it puts a thick black line around the
cell.......what is that called and can the color be changed?