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How do I get Excel 2007 to highlight the cells I've selected?
I frequently select individual cells in a worksheet while holding down the
CTRL key to use the status bar to sum, count or average the results without needing to write a formula for a temporary calculation. Now that I've been forced to use Office 2007 , I can't do that because Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells, only the row and column headers of the selected cells! (My old PC was passed down to a new employee and replaced with a new one, and we can no longer purchase Office 2003) I've used Excel and Word for well over ten years, and now I'm filled with hatred for this new version. In fact, I feel that way about the entire Office 2007 suite so far. Needless to say, I'm VERY upset about the random changes forced on me by this new version of Microsoft Office, and I'm looking for solutions. I already know about OpenOffice and would love to switch, but I don't have the option right now, so I'd appreciate help with what I'm stuck with for the time being. Thanks in advance. Michael. |
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How do I get Excel 2007 to highlight the cells I've selected?
because Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells
Believe it or not that's not true. It does highlight each area but in a way that does not display well, or at all, on a lot of monitors apparently. It is "subtle" but clearly visible on my setup. MS is aware of the problem (see link) and we can hope that the next version of Excel deals with it. It would be nice if they did something for this version in SP2 but that looks like a long shot. http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/...selection.aspx -- Jim "michael0511" wrote in message ... |I frequently select individual cells in a worksheet while holding down the | CTRL key to use the status bar to sum, count or average the results without | needing to write a formula for a temporary calculation. | | Now that I've been forced to use Office 2007 , I can't do that because | Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells, only the row and | column headers of the selected cells! (My old PC was passed down to a new | employee and replaced with a new one, and we can no longer purchase Office | 2003) | | I've used Excel and Word for well over ten years, and now I'm filled with | hatred for this new version. In fact, I feel that way about the entire | Office 2007 suite so far. | | Needless to say, I'm VERY upset about the random changes forced on me by | this new version of Microsoft Office, and I'm looking for solutions. | | I already know about OpenOffice and would love to switch, but I don't have | the option right now, so I'd appreciate help with what I'm stuck with for the | time being. | | Thanks in advance. | | Michael. |
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How do I get Excel 2007 to highlight the cells I've selected?
Hi Michael
I don't know if you are aware of these help attachment to make your life less frustrating , if not have a look at these site Keyboard shortcut http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ex...738481033.aspx Look here for a cross reference for Excel 2003 - 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Same site you will find all sort of help for MS Office 2007. HTH Keep Smiling, life is too short Regards John "michael0511" wrote in message ... I frequently select individual cells in a worksheet while holding down the CTRL key to use the status bar to sum, count or average the results without needing to write a formula for a temporary calculation. Now that I've been forced to use Office 2007 , I can't do that because Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells, only the row and column headers of the selected cells! (My old PC was passed down to a new employee and replaced with a new one, and we can no longer purchase Office 2003) I've used Excel and Word for well over ten years, and now I'm filled with hatred for this new version. In fact, I feel that way about the entire Office 2007 suite so far. Needless to say, I'm VERY upset about the random changes forced on me by this new version of Microsoft Office, and I'm looking for solutions. I already know about OpenOffice and would love to switch, but I don't have the option right now, so I'd appreciate help with what I'm stuck with for the time being. Thanks in advance. Michael. |
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How do I get Excel 2007 to highlight the cells I've selected?
Thanks for the answer.
I've gone back and had another look and found that there really is VERY subtle highlighting upon selection. How utterly useless. And I guess it's not OK with Microsoft for someone with visual impairment to want to use Microsoft software. I find it nearly impossible to believe how badly Microsoft has botched my favorite programs. If I had the option, I would go reclaim my old computer from my new co-worker to get the old versions back. I HATE the new ribbon bars, because once you've learned the programs, you either work from keyboard shortcuts or by memorized position on the screen and don't need visual cues to proceed. The ribbon is all kinds of visual clutter that I find annoying. On the other hand, I LOVE the live previews of formatting changes. The keyboard shortcut cues you get when you press the ALT key are also nice, but would be even better in combination with an option to keep the underlined letter approach. "Jim Rech" wrote: because Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells Believe it or not that's not true. It does highlight each area but in a way that does not display well, or at all, on a lot of monitors apparently. It is "subtle" but clearly visible on my setup. MS is aware of the problem (see link) and we can hope that the next version of Excel deals with it. It would be nice if they did something for this version in SP2 but that looks like a long shot. http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/...selection.aspx -- Jim "michael0511" wrote in message ... |I frequently select individual cells in a worksheet while holding down the | CTRL key to use the status bar to sum, count or average the results without | needing to write a formula for a temporary calculation. | | Now that I've been forced to use Office 2007 , I can't do that because | Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells, only the row and | column headers of the selected cells! (My old PC was passed down to a new | employee and replaced with a new one, and we can no longer purchase Office | 2003) | | I've used Excel and Word for well over ten years, and now I'm filled with | hatred for this new version. In fact, I feel that way about the entire | Office 2007 suite so far. | | Needless to say, I'm VERY upset about the random changes forced on me by | this new version of Microsoft Office, and I'm looking for solutions. | | I already know about OpenOffice and would love to switch, but I don't have | the option right now, so I'd appreciate help with what I'm stuck with for the | time being. | | Thanks in advance. | | Michael. |
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How do I get Excel 2007 to highlight the cells I've selected?
I HATE the new ribbon
There aren't many who sing the praises of the ribbon but there are a lot of new and useful features in Excel 2007 for sure. -- Jim "michael0511" wrote in message ... | Thanks for the answer. | | I've gone back and had another look and found that there really is VERY | subtle highlighting upon selection. | | How utterly useless. And I guess it's not OK with Microsoft for someone | with visual impairment to want to use Microsoft software. | | I find it nearly impossible to believe how badly Microsoft has botched my | favorite programs. If I had the option, I would go reclaim my old computer | from my new co-worker to get the old versions back. | | I HATE the new ribbon bars, because once you've learned the programs, you | either work from keyboard shortcuts or by memorized position on the screen | and don't need visual cues to proceed. The ribbon is all kinds of visual | clutter that I find annoying. | | On the other hand, I LOVE the live previews of formatting changes. The | keyboard shortcut cues you get when you press the ALT key are also nice, but | would be even better in combination with an option to keep the underlined | letter approach. | | | "Jim Rech" wrote: | | because Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells | | Believe it or not that's not true. It does highlight each area but in a way | that does not display well, or at all, on a lot of monitors apparently. It | is "subtle" but clearly visible on my setup. MS is aware of the problem | (see link) and we can hope that the next version of Excel deals with it. It | would be nice if they did something for this version in SP2 but that looks | like a long shot. | | http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/...selection.aspx | | -- | Jim | "michael0511" wrote in message | ... | |I frequently select individual cells in a worksheet while holding down the | | CTRL key to use the status bar to sum, count or average the results | without | | needing to write a formula for a temporary calculation. | | | | Now that I've been forced to use Office 2007 , I can't do that because | | Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells, only the row and | | column headers of the selected cells! (My old PC was passed down to a new | | employee and replaced with a new one, and we can no longer purchase Office | | 2003) | | | | I've used Excel and Word for well over ten years, and now I'm filled with | | hatred for this new version. In fact, I feel that way about the entire | | Office 2007 suite so far. | | | | Needless to say, I'm VERY upset about the random changes forced on me by | | this new version of Microsoft Office, and I'm looking for solutions. | | | | I already know about OpenOffice and would love to switch, but I don't have | | the option right now, so I'd appreciate help with what I'm stuck with for | the | | time being. | | | | Thanks in advance. | | | | Michael. | | |
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