About a month ago I copied and pasted into Excel several months of my bank
statement from my bank's website.
Since then I cannot colour a cell background in any file or write in any
colour but black.
I employ colour a lot to break up a page into groups of either rows or
columns.
Has anyone else encountered this problem?
I use Excel 2003.

Can you see the colors in Print Preview or when you do a printout?

If so...........

Check this out................

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=833258

The fill color, the fill pattern, or the line color of a WordArt or
AutoShape object in an Office document does not change

As directed, change the High Contrast setting in Windows OS


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:18:01 -0700, tap tap <tap (E-Mail Removed)>
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>About a month ago I copied and pasted into Excel several months of my bank
>statement from my bank's website.
>Since then I cannot colour a cell background in any file or write in any
>colour but black.
>I employ colour a lot to break up a page into groups of either rows or
>columns.
>Has anyone else encountered this problem?
>I use Excel 2003.