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