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what are the thick black lines called that outlines a cell?
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? |
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what are the thick black lines called that outlines a cell?
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? |
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what are the thick black lines called that outlines a cell?
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? |
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what are the thick black lines called that outlines a cell?
Not sure if there is an "official" name for it or not, but I call it the
"selection rectangle". Rick "JLR" wrote in message ... 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? |
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what are the thick black lines called that outlines a cell?
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? |
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