how do i change colour of scroll bar in worksheet

[Guest]

I find it very difficult to see the scroll bar in my excel workshhet as they
are white, can they be changed to a colour and if so how ?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Are the scrollbars white in other applications?

In win98, I could change some display settings, but I couldn't change the
scrollbar colors.

But if the scrollbars aren't white in other applications, then this can't be the
solution.

 

[Guest]

In word they are, but not on any web pages they are blue and easy to see.

 

[Dave Peterson]

I don't do anything in web pages, but I think that web designers can specify any
color they want for those scroll bars.

And if you open NotePad, you see white scrollbars (with enough text in that
window)???

Maybe newer versions of windows allow you to change this setting.

You'll want to post the version of windows you're using to get any real help.

But in win98, I could get to the Display settings via:

Windows Start Button
Settings|control panel|Display Applet|Appearance tab

In the Item box, I could choose scrollbars. But in win98, all I could was
change the width.

And a warning. In early versions of windows, there isn't an undo option when
you modify these settings (or even a reset to defaults!).

When I'm screwing around in there, the first thing I'll do is find the scheme I
want to start with (usually "Windows standard") and save it as new
scheme--myStandard (or any name you like).

Then modify that scheme. If/when I screw it up really bad, I just delete that
scheme, get another copy of the windows standard, save as myStandard (again).

Be careful.

 

[Dave Peterson]

And maybe just changing your scheme to windows standard would be sufficient.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply.

I currently use windows XP home edition and Office XP.

I can not see anywhere in control panel where I canchange the scroll bar,
but then again I am a novice.

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you don't get a reply from someone using WinXP, maybe a visit to one of the
Windows Newsgroup would help.

Good luck,

Thanks for your reply.

I currently use windows XP home edition and Office XP.

I can not see anywhere in control panel where I canchange the scroll bar,
but then again I am a novice.