Marking cells

[Mark]

I just got Excel 2007, Vista, bundled in Office 2007. When I drag the mouse
or use the direction keys or Ctrl/mouse to select a range it does not "mark"
the cells selected in blue highlight. How do I toggle this on?

Thanks for any help.

 

[JLatham]

I suspect it is already on. One complaint that has been present from day 1
of 2007's release is the lack of significant contrast between selected and
not selected cells. Look closely, and you may actually see that there is a
difference.

It MIGHT, and I stress might, help if you switch to one of the other two
color themes available in 2007, but the constrast is extremely weak in all 3
themes: Office Button, [Excel Options] button, "Color Scheme" in the Popular
group.

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

It does but the highlight is extremely light - a real problem and one that
has been submitted to Microsoft as a bug. The only alternative might be to
modify Windows display setting but this would impact all program, and I can
say what actually which setting.

 

[Mark]

Thank you JLatham. I was afraid of this. I had already tried your
suggestions. Changing the color scheme didn't help any. Oh well, advance and
retreat, that's our way. I was hopeful for a magic button.

Have a good day.