how do I change general background colour

I WANT TO CHANGE THE BACKGROUND SO I CAN SEE WHITE TEXT WITHOUT HIGHLIGHTING
CELLS.

Please do not SHOUT! It is considered to be very bad netiquette.
Select the rows/columns by using the number or letter
headers>format>cells>patterns>select a color. OR,use the built in on your
toolbar.
To change all cells use the cells button on top of the 1 and to the left of
the A

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
donaldb@281.com
"RITA" <RITA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9589FB70-A2D9-4EA5-BB5D-20CD3E287D11@microsoft.com...
> I WANT TO CHANGE THE BACKGROUND SO I CAN SEE WHITE TEXT WITHOUT
HIGHLIGHTING
> CELLS.

Rita

Hit CTRL + A(twice if using xl2003) to select all cells.

Format>Cells>Pattern. Pick a color.

If just for a range, select that range and not the entire sheet.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:39:07 -0800, "RITA" <RITA@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I WANT TO CHANGE THE BACKGROUND SO I CAN SEE WHITE TEXT WITHOUT HIGHLIGHTING
>CELLS.