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Active Cell Highlight
Using Excel 2007 when selecting a range of cells for data input the active
cell is never highlighted. Can't tell which cell is active. Is there a setting to indicate the active cell? -- Bill_17256 |
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Active Cell Highlight
The active cell is the cell that *is not highlighted*.
In Excel 2007 the shade used to define the selected range is way to light and difficult to see (especially for those of us that are "vision challenged"!). However, that light pastel color sure is purtty, ain't it? <argh If you select the range A1:C1 starting from cell A1, cell A1 is not highlighted but B1 and C1 are. Cell A1 is the active cell. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Bill_17256" wrote in message ... Using Excel 2007 when selecting a range of cells for data input the active cell is never highlighted. Can't tell which cell is active. Is there a setting to indicate the active cell? -- Bill_17256 |
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Thanks, this was helpful. Using windows color options I was able to change
the "window" to an off-white which allows the inactive cells to be viewed. -- Bill_17256 "T. Valko" wrote: The active cell is the cell that *is not highlighted*. In Excel 2007 the shade used to define the selected range is way to light and difficult to see (especially for those of us that are "vision challenged"!). However, that light pastel color sure is purtty, ain't it? <argh If you select the range A1:C1 starting from cell A1, cell A1 is not highlighted but B1 and C1 are. Cell A1 is the active cell. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Bill_17256" wrote in message ... Using Excel 2007 when selecting a range of cells for data input the active cell is never highlighted. Can't tell which cell is active. Is there a setting to indicate the active cell? -- Bill_17256 |
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You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!
-- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Bill_17256" wrote in message ... Thanks, this was helpful. Using windows color options I was able to change the "window" to an off-white which allows the inactive cells to be viewed. -- Bill_17256 "T. Valko" wrote: The active cell is the cell that *is not highlighted*. In Excel 2007 the shade used to define the selected range is way to light and difficult to see (especially for those of us that are "vision challenged"!). However, that light pastel color sure is purtty, ain't it? <argh If you select the range A1:C1 starting from cell A1, cell A1 is not highlighted but B1 and C1 are. Cell A1 is the active cell. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Bill_17256" wrote in message ... Using Excel 2007 when selecting a range of cells for data input the active cell is never highlighted. Can't tell which cell is active. Is there a setting to indicate the active cell? -- Bill_17256 |
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In excel 2007, the color range is light that is why it is quite difficult to
see the selected cell. If you prefer to use macro to resolve this problem , then the solution could be like this Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) Target.Interior.Color = 1 provide numeric color value here that will €˜appear as background color of 'the selected cell End Sub Hope you get it Have a nice time Chris ------ Convert your Excel spreadsheet into an online calculator. http://www.spreadsheetconverter.com -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...excel/200902/1 |
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Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) Target.Interior.Color = 1 ’provide numeric color value here that will ‘appear as background color of 'the selected cell End Sub That permanently changes the cell colors, so you'd end up with a "trace" of the previously selected cells. Hardly what the user wants. Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009 Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com (email on web site) On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:51:05 GMT, "Chris Bode via OfficeKB.com" <u49096@uwe wrote: In excel 2007, the color range is light that is why it is quite difficult to see the selected cell. If you prefer to use macro to resolve this problem , then the solution could be like this Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) Target.Interior.Color = 1 ’provide numeric color value here that will ‘appear as background color of 'the selected cell End Sub Hope you get it Have a nice time Chris ------ Convert your Excel spreadsheet into an online calculator. http://www.spreadsheetconverter.com |
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Active Cell Highlight
Adjusting the monitor contrast may also work, see below:
There are several threads on this now that should get consolodated into to one FAQ: Depending on the monitor the highlight of the selected cells in Excell 2007 can be very light. There are a couple of easy options to try to address this (short of MS adding a user option to adjust the highlight percentage): 1) Try adjusting the contrast of your monitor - either up or down. I have a desktop monitor with a laptop docking station so have a 2-monitor setup. With the Excel window on the desktop monitor I could barely see the selected cells but when I dragged the window to the laptop the highlight was fine. The contrast on the monitor was in the 70-80% range and when I adjusted it to 40-50% the highlight was much more visible. 2) If adjusting the monitor doesn't work you can try changing the window background color. Right click on the desktop and select properties. Click on the appearance tab. Click on advanced (oooh...). Select window from the item drop down list. Click on color one and click on other... at the bottom. On the upper right drag the black triangle down until you see the color box darken a little, I adjusted from Red=Green=Blue=255 to 230 for my original monitor settings. The downside of this is the background can look pretty dingy - especially if you then adjust the contrast down. 1) is preferred if it works. "T. Valko" wrote: You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Bill_17256" wrote in message ... Thanks, this was helpful. Using windows color options I was able to change the "window" to an off-white which allows the inactive cells to be viewed. -- Bill_17256 "T. Valko" wrote: The active cell is the cell that *is not highlighted*. In Excel 2007 the shade used to define the selected range is way to light and difficult to see (especially for those of us that are "vision challenged"!). However, that light pastel color sure is purtty, ain't it? <argh If you select the range A1:C1 starting from cell A1, cell A1 is not highlighted but B1 and C1 are. Cell A1 is the active cell. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Bill_17256" wrote in message ... Using Excel 2007 when selecting a range of cells for data input the active cell is never highlighted. Can't tell which cell is active. Is there a setting to indicate the active cell? -- Bill_17256 |
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