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I have excel 97 - trying to help my daughter via the phone. (my program is
too old). How can we put a background color on the tabs? Thank you! DeAnne |
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You can't in Excel 97.
************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "DeAnne" wrote in message ... I have excel 97 - trying to help my daughter via the phone. (my program is too old). How can we put a background color on the tabs? Thank you! DeAnne |
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DeAnne
Upgrade to XL XP (2002) or up.... it was only introduced in these versions -- HTH Nick Hodge Microsoft MVP - Excel Southampton, England www.nickhodge.co.uk HIS "DeAnne" wrote in message ... I have excel 97 - trying to help my daughter via the phone. (my program is too old). How can we put a background color on the tabs? Thank you! DeAnne |
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Hi DeAnne,
You did not indicate what version your daughter has, if she has 2002 she would right click on the sheet tab OR on the format menu choose sheet, then Tab Color. If you don't have Excel 2002 there are alternatives to coloring the tabs that make more sense to me than color. Changing the Colors of Worksheet Tabs (#tabs) http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/colors.htm#tabs -- --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "DeAnne" wrote in message ... I have excel 97 - trying to help my daughter via the phone. (my program is too old). How can we put a background color on the tabs? Thank you! DeAnne |
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RTFQ! (yelling at myself)
Nice, Dave. ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "David McRitchie" wrote in message ... Hi DeAnne, You did not indicate what version your daughter has, if she has 2002 she would right click on the sheet tab OR on the format menu choose sheet, then Tab Color. If you don't have Excel 2002 there are alternatives to coloring the tabs that make more sense to me than color. Changing the Colors of Worksheet Tabs (#tabs) http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/colors.htm#tabs -- --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "DeAnne" wrote in message ... I have excel 97 - trying to help my daughter via the phone. (my program is too old). How can we put a background color on the tabs? Thank you! DeAnne |
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