Highlight cell colour

[Charlene]

In Excel 2007, when selecting different cells they are highlighted a light
gray. How do I change that to a darker colour so that the selected cells are
easier to see?

 

[Gord Dibben]

Some people have seen an improvement by changing contrast in their monitor
settings.

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

Start>Run regededit.exe

Drill down to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options

Right-click on Options6 and Modify>Decimal........change the 32 to 16

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


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Charlene]

Thanks Gord,

That worked.

Charlene.

Some people have seen an improvement by changing contrast in their monitor
settings.

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

Start>Run regededit.exe

Drill down to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options

Right-click on Options6 and Modify>Decimal........change the 32 to 16

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


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP



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[Gord Dibben]

Which one?

Contrast or Registry?


Gord

Thanks Gord,

That worked.

Charlene.