Selecting cells highlight

[Bob]

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?

 

[davo]

it sounds like a display settings issue.
play with some different themes and schemes to see if it changes.

 

[JLatham]

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.

 

[Bob]

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.