See jb's reply about contrast etc.

If not dark enough for you...............

If you want a permanent fix for the selected cells coloring in Excel 2007
here is a Registry hack.

StartRun regededit.exe

Drill down to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\E xcel\Options

Right-click on Options6 and ModifyDecimal........change the 32 to 16

When you select multiple cells all but the active cell will be black.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:54:01 -0700, vikingfan2108
wrote:

When I choose few cells that I want to add, let's say I want to know the
total of cells 3,4 8, 9 and 10, I highlight each of them and see the total
below. Excel 2003 used to color the chosen cells a different color. In
2007, those cells are staying white. I've tried it on a couple co-workers'
computer and theirs appear to be highlighting in gray. Is there a setting
that needs to be adjusted on my computer? I use this feature all the time
and I'm lost without it!