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Selecting cells highlight
I have an Excel problem that is going to seem strange. I have the MS Office
2007 suite and it works quite well, however in Excel and only Excel when I select a cell, or mainly the problem is multiple cells, there is no Highlighting displayed on my screen. Normally as I have seen in video tutorials and screenshots and such there is a light blueish gray highlight color when you select a range of cells. Now here is where it gets strange. I was doing a database in Access and a web designer friend was helping me out so we used net meeting and I allowed him to take control to verify some work on the database I was working on. I mentioned this problem with Excel and he said he would take a look and when he opened the program and highlighted the cells on his screen (in Texas) the highlight color was there. I did not believe him so I asked for a screen shot. Verified it is there on his screenshot. He did not believe it was not showing up on my screen so I took a screenshot and sent it to him. Verified that there is no highlight on my screen shot? Thats the wierd part. It is apparantly there it just is not displayed on my computer screen. In all the other Office products the highlight feature when selecting anything works fine. It does not work in Excel. Could this be a multiple monitor issue? A monitor color issue. I am not color blind, I swear. I can see the highlighting just fine in Office 2007 at work so I'm at a lose on this issue? Anyone have any ideas? |
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it sounds like a display settings issue.
play with some different themes and schemes to see if it changes. "Bob" wrote: I have an Excel problem that is going to seem strange. I have the MS Office 2007 suite and it works quite well, however in Excel and only Excel when I select a cell, or mainly the problem is multiple cells, there is no Highlighting displayed on my screen. Normally as I have seen in video tutorials and screenshots and such there is a light blueish gray highlight color when you select a range of cells. Now here is where it gets strange. I was doing a database in Access and a web designer friend was helping me out so we used net meeting and I allowed him to take control to verify some work on the database I was working on. I mentioned this problem with Excel and he said he would take a look and when he opened the program and highlighted the cells on his screen (in Texas) the highlight color was there. I did not believe him so I asked for a screen shot. Verified it is there on his screenshot. He did not believe it was not showing up on my screen so I took a screenshot and sent it to him. Verified that there is no highlight on my screen shot? Thats the wierd part. It is apparantly there it just is not displayed on my computer screen. In all the other Office products the highlight feature when selecting anything works fine. It does not work in Excel. Could this be a multiple monitor issue? A monitor color issue. I am not color blind, I swear. I can see the highlighting just fine in Office 2007 at work so I'm at a lose on this issue? Anyone have any ideas? |
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Contrast of selected cells isn't that great in Excel 2007 - but your problem
does sound more like a display/monitor issue. You might also try adjusting the contrast or brightness settings of your monitor - usually accessable through a button on the front of the monitor itself rather than through the desktop properties settings. "davo" wrote: it sounds like a display settings issue. play with some different themes and schemes to see if it changes. "Bob" wrote: I have an Excel problem that is going to seem strange. I have the MS Office 2007 suite and it works quite well, however in Excel and only Excel when I select a cell, or mainly the problem is multiple cells, there is no Highlighting displayed on my screen. Normally as I have seen in video tutorials and screenshots and such there is a light blueish gray highlight color when you select a range of cells. Now here is where it gets strange. I was doing a database in Access and a web designer friend was helping me out so we used net meeting and I allowed him to take control to verify some work on the database I was working on. I mentioned this problem with Excel and he said he would take a look and when he opened the program and highlighted the cells on his screen (in Texas) the highlight color was there. I did not believe him so I asked for a screen shot. Verified it is there on his screenshot. He did not believe it was not showing up on my screen so I took a screenshot and sent it to him. Verified that there is no highlight on my screen shot? Thats the wierd part. It is apparantly there it just is not displayed on my computer screen. In all the other Office products the highlight feature when selecting anything works fine. It does not work in Excel. Could this be a multiple monitor issue? A monitor color issue. I am not color blind, I swear. I can see the highlighting just fine in Office 2007 at work so I'm at a lose on this issue? Anyone have any ideas? |
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Thanks, I never would have thought of the contrast and brightness settings on the monitor. I changed them to a lower setting and the highlight showed up. FYI it is a ViewSonic N2751w. If you ever have to answer this one again. The settings for contrast did more than the brightness. Again thanks for your time and your wisdom. "JLatham" wrote: Contrast of selected cells isn't that great in Excel 2007 - but your problem does sound more like a display/monitor issue. You might also try adjusting the contrast or brightness settings of your monitor - usually accessable through a button on the front of the monitor itself rather than through the desktop properties settings. "davo" wrote: it sounds like a display settings issue. play with some different themes and schemes to see if it changes. "Bob" wrote: I have an Excel problem that is going to seem strange. I have the MS Office 2007 suite and it works quite well, however in Excel and only Excel when I select a cell, or mainly the problem is multiple cells, there is no Highlighting displayed on my screen. Normally as I have seen in video tutorials and screenshots and such there is a light blueish gray highlight color when you select a range of cells. Now here is where it gets strange. I was doing a database in Access and a web designer friend was helping me out so we used net meeting and I allowed him to take control to verify some work on the database I was working on. I mentioned this problem with Excel and he said he would take a look and when he opened the program and highlighted the cells on his screen (in Texas) the highlight color was there. I did not believe him so I asked for a screen shot. Verified it is there on his screenshot. He did not believe it was not showing up on my screen so I took a screenshot and sent it to him. Verified that there is no highlight on my screen shot? Thats the wierd part. It is apparantly there it just is not displayed on my computer screen. In all the other Office products the highlight feature when selecting anything works fine. It does not work in Excel. Could this be a multiple monitor issue? A monitor color issue. I am not color blind, I swear. I can see the highlighting just fine in Office 2007 at work so I'm at a lose on this issue? Anyone have any ideas? |
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