Cannot Change Background color in Office XP Programs

[steveofsandiego]

I have Office XP version 2002 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access).
Unfortunately, whenever I open any of these programs, the background color of
the page, whether it be Word or Excel,etc. is a gray color. For instance, in
Excel, I cannot even shade a cell, sheet,etc. a different color. First off,
the background color should be white. I cannot seem to change this. Any
suggestions?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

It's a Windows display setting. Did you try there?

 

[steveofsandiego]

Thanks, I tried this, but it is still gray and Excel still won't let me shade
a cell.

It's a Windows display setting. Did you try there?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have Office XP version 2002 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access).
Unfortunately, whenever I open any of these programs, the background color
of
the page, whether it be Word or Excel,etc. is a gray color. For instance,
in
Excel, I cannot even shade a cell, sheet,etc. a different color. First
off,
the background color should be white. I cannot seem to change this. Any
suggestions?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

How long has this been occurring? Did it work properly before? How long have
you had Office XP installed on your system? Is that the only issue you've
noticed?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thanks, I tried this, but it is still gray and Excel still won't let me
shade
a cell.

It's a Windows display setting. Did you try there?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have Office XP version 2002 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access).
Unfortunately, whenever I open any of these programs, the background
color
of
the page, whether it be Word or Excel,etc. is a gray color. For
instance,
in
Excel, I cannot even shade a cell, sheet,etc. a different color. First
off,
the background color should be white. I cannot seem to change this. Any
suggestions?