fill colours

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Khyber - 20 Aug 2006 05:47 GMT

I have tried the tools options reset but my colours do not display properly

Reply to this Message

Gord Dibben - 20 Aug 2006 17:55 GMT

You are very short on details here but I'll take a guess.

Might be this problem........................

The Windows High Contrast setting.

Read this KB article.

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

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

>I have tried the tools options reset but my colours do not display properly

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Reply to this Message

Khyber - 20 Aug 2006 20:38 GMT

When I click on fill it does not display more fill colours. Going through
Tools OPtions Colour Reset does not get it to display. All colours when
clicked on for a cell display no problems.

> You are very short on details here but I'll take a guess.
>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Reply to this Message

Gord Dibben - 20 Aug 2006 22:16 GMT

I still don't understand what is not happening for you.

"Properly" means what. Don't display anything? Display an incorrect color?

See in-line comments/questions.

>When I click on fill

You mean click on the fill color toolbar icon drop-down arrow?

>it does not display more fill colours.

"More colors" means more than the standard or none at all?

> Going through
>Tools OPtions Colour Reset does not get it to display.

"It" means what?

> All colours when
>clicked on for a cell display no problems.

Don't understand this sentence.

Gord

>> You are very short on details here but I'll take a guess.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>>
>> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Reply to this Message

David McRitchie - 21 Aug 2006 03:02 GMT

Would it be a correct assumption that you did not read the
Microsoft Knowledge Base article that Gord pointed out,
since you did not say whether it worked or not.
---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

> When I click on fill it does not display more fill colours. Going through
> Tools OPtions Colour Reset does not get it to display. All colours when
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> >
> > Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Reply to this Message

Khyber - 21 Aug 2006 09:51 GMT

I read the KB however high contrast is not on. When I click on the arrow of
the colour pallette the pallette displays without the more fill colours
function or fill effects that usually appears at the bottom of the pallette

> Would it be a correct assumption that you did not read the
> Microsoft Knowledge Base article that Gord pointed out,
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> > >
> > > Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Reply to this Message

Pete_UK - 21 Aug 2006 14:57 GMT

The colour fill icon just displays the standard colours.

If you want the extended colours and/or the fill effects you should use
Format | Cells | Patterns and you can choose them from here.

Hope this helps.

Pete

> I read the KB however high contrast is not on. When I click on the arrow of
> the colour pallette the pallette displays without the more fill colours
[quoted text clipped - 30 lines]
> > > >
> > > > Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Reply to this Message

David McRitchie - 21 Aug 2006 23:43 GMT

ah ha, so much easier with the answer.

> The colour fill icon just displays the standard colours.
>
[quoted text clipped - 39 lines]
> > > > >
> > > > > Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Reply to this Message

Pete_UK - 22 Aug 2006 01:32 GMT

Thanks, David. I hope this is the answer - I didn't understand the
first posting either. <g>

Pete

> ah ha, so much easier with the answer.
>
[quoted text clipped - 41 lines]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Reply to this Message