The color of Tabs are determined by your Windows Color Scheme in Display
Properties>Appearance.
You can, if using Excel 2002 or 2003, color the tabs by selecting all tabs and
right-click and "Tab Color".
To make this default, you could create a Template for all new workbooks.
Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish. File>Save
As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook
"BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT.
Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART
This will be the default workbook for File>New or the Toolbar button File>New
Do not use File>New...Blank Workbook or you will get the Excel default workbook.
Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings.
You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default Insert>Sheet.
More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).
For second question.........I have not heard of a method of changing the default
on these.
Gord Dibben Excel MVP
I have a flat panel monitor and it is very hard to diferentiate what tabs I
have selected by holding down shift or control and what are not selected for
a multiply copy, move, delete, etc. I would like to change the default tab
fill to a darker grey but cannot seem to find this anywhere. Also, changing
the angle of how I veiw the monitor does not help as the top of the screen
then is darker. Any help would be appreciated.
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP