Hi - I'm doing a spreadsheet and am high-lighting certain rows which I need
to emphasise on the printed copy
but although they appear high-lighted (yellow) on my screen, this does not
show on the hard copy. Am I perhaps doing something wrong or is it not
possible to print high-lighted cells in an Excel spreadsheet?

Thanks.
Shelley

Shelley, you will need to fill the cells with a color, format, cells,
patterns, pick a color, or click on the button that looks like a paint can
on the tool bar

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"Shelley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dv7igh$7h2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi - I'm doing a spreadsheet and am high-lighting certain rows which I
need
> to emphasise on the printed copy
> but although they appear high-lighted (yellow) on my screen, this does not
> show on the hard copy. Am I perhaps doing something wrong or is it not
> possible to print high-lighted cells in an Excel spreadsheet?
>
> Thanks.
> Shelley
>
>

[JimJim]

Shelley,

If printing in black & white, yellow is probably not the best colour to use. Try a darker shade (Tan or Gold should be ok) or a grey shade

regards,
JimJim

Paul, Thanks. I had tried that already (with the little paint can on the
toolbar and again just now the way you suggested) and although the
high-light colour appears on the screen just how I want it to appear on the
hard copy, when I print the spreadsheet out on the printer the background
high-light colour doesn't show. I've tried doing this at work and also on my
home pc in case it was a printer problem but I cant get it to print on
either!

Shelley

"Paul B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Shelley, you will need to fill the cells with a color, format, cells,
> patterns, pick a color, or click on the button that looks like a paint can
> on the tool bar
>
> --
> Paul B
> Always backup your data before trying something new
> Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it
> Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
> Using Excel 2002 & 2003
>
> "Shelley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:dv7igh$7h2$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi - I'm doing a spreadsheet and am high-lighting certain rows which I
> need
>> to emphasise on the printed copy
>> but although they appear high-lighted (yellow) on my screen, this does
>> not
>> show on the hard copy. Am I perhaps doing something wrong or is it not
>> possible to print high-lighted cells in an Excel spreadsheet?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Shelley
>>
>>
>
>

Shelley, try file, page setup, sheet, look under print and see if black and
white is checked, if so uncheck it

--
Paul B
Always backup your data before trying something new
Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it
Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
Using Excel 2002 & 2003

"Shelley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dv8l3h$nie$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Paul, Thanks. I had tried that already (with the little paint can on the
> toolbar and again just now the way you suggested) and although the
> high-light colour appears on the screen just how I want it to appear on
the
> hard copy, when I print the spreadsheet out on the printer the background
> high-light colour doesn't show. I've tried doing this at work and also on
my
> home pc in case it was a printer problem but I cant get it to print on
> either!
>
> Shelley
>
> "Paul B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Shelley, you will need to fill the cells with a color, format, cells,
> > patterns, pick a color, or click on the button that looks like a paint
can
> > on the tool bar
> >
> > --
> > Paul B
> > Always backup your data before trying something new
> > Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it
> > Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
> > Using Excel 2002 & 2003
> >
> > "Shelley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:dv7igh$7h2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hi - I'm doing a spreadsheet and am high-lighting certain rows which I
> > need
> >> to emphasise on the printed copy
> >> but although they appear high-lighted (yellow) on my screen, this does
> >> not
> >> show on the hard copy. Am I perhaps doing something wrong or is it not
> >> possible to print high-lighted cells in an Excel spreadsheet?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> Shelley
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Paul,

Arghhh! I just don't believe it.....................I did what you said and
the black and white box wasn't checked so I thought I'd just "have another
go" and used a different colour and........yep, it worked! The yellow ink
cartridge is empty here at work - and obviously there's a problem with my
home printer yellow ink too, probably a clogged head as I don't use it much.
I feel so foolish. Thank you SO much for your help which I really do
appreciate and I'm so sorry for wasting your time.

Shelley (hanging head in embarrassment)


"Paul B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Shelley, try file, page setup, sheet, look under print and see if black
> and
> white is checked, if so uncheck it
>
> --
> Paul B
> Always backup your data before trying something new
> Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it
> Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
> Using Excel 2002 & 2003
>
> "Shelley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:dv8l3h$nie$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Paul, Thanks. I had tried that already (with the little paint can on the
>> toolbar and again just now the way you suggested) and although the
>> high-light colour appears on the screen just how I want it to appear on
> the
>> hard copy, when I print the spreadsheet out on the printer the
>> background
>> high-light colour doesn't show. I've tried doing this at work and also on
> my
>> home pc in case it was a printer problem but I cant get it to print on
>> either!
>>
>> Shelley
>>
>> "Paul B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Shelley, you will need to fill the cells with a color, format, cells,
>> > patterns, pick a color, or click on the button that looks like a paint
> can
>> > on the tool bar
>> >
>> > --
>> > Paul B
>> > Always backup your data before trying something new
>> > Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from
>> > it
>> > Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
>> > Using Excel 2002 & 2003
>> >
>> > "Shelley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:dv7igh$7h2$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> Hi - I'm doing a spreadsheet and am high-lighting certain rows which I
>> > need
>> >> to emphasise on the printed copy
>> >> but although they appear high-lighted (yellow) on my screen, this does
>> >> not
>> >> show on the hard copy. Am I perhaps doing something wrong or is it
>> >> not
>> >> possible to print high-lighted cells in an Excel spreadsheet?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >> Shelley
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Shelley, your welcome, if it happens again you will know what to check

--
Paul B
Always backup your data before trying something new
Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it
Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
Using Excel 2002 & 2003

"Shelley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dv938t$gu1$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Paul,
>
> Arghhh! I just don't believe it.....................I did what you said
and
> the black and white box wasn't checked so I thought I'd just "have another
> go" and used a different colour and........yep, it worked! The yellow ink
> cartridge is empty here at work - and obviously there's a problem with my
> home printer yellow ink too, probably a clogged head as I don't use it
much.
> I feel so foolish. Thank you SO much for your help which I really do
> appreciate and I'm so sorry for wasting your time.
>
> Shelley (hanging head in embarrassment)
>
>
> "Paul B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Shelley, try file, page setup, sheet, look under print and see if black
> > and
> > white is checked, if so uncheck it
> >
> > --
> > Paul B
> > Always backup your data before trying something new
> > Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it
> > Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
> > Using Excel 2002 & 2003
> >
> > "Shelley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:dv8l3h$nie$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Paul, Thanks. I had tried that already (with the little paint can on
the
> >> toolbar and again just now the way you suggested) and although the
> >> high-light colour appears on the screen just how I want it to appear on
> > the
> >> hard copy, when I print the spreadsheet out on the printer the
> >> background
> >> high-light colour doesn't show. I've tried doing this at work and also
on
> > my
> >> home pc in case it was a printer problem but I cant get it to print on
> >> either!
> >>
> >> Shelley
> >>
> >> "Paul B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Shelley, you will need to fill the cells with a color, format, cells,
> >> > patterns, pick a color, or click on the button that looks like a
paint
> > can
> >> > on the tool bar
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Paul B
> >> > Always backup your data before trying something new
> >> > Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from
> >> > it
> >> > Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
> >> > Using Excel 2002 & 2003
> >> >
> >> > "Shelley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> > news:dv7igh$7h2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> Hi - I'm doing a spreadsheet and am high-lighting certain rows which
I
> >> > need
> >> >> to emphasise on the printed copy
> >> >> but although they appear high-lighted (yellow) on my screen, this
does
> >> >> not
> >> >> show on the hard copy. Am I perhaps doing something wrong or is it
> >> >> not
> >> >> possible to print high-lighted cells in an Excel spreadsheet?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks.
> >> >> Shelley
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>