Thanks Kevin, but I'm not talking about colours when writing formulas and I
also know how to change font colours using the Format command. It's just
that the colour selected won't remain when I leave the cell. Any further
thoughts?

"Kevin B" wrote:

> If you're talking about the text colors when you are writing formulas, that
> is an Excel typing aid that just helps to keep track of where you are when
> writing nested formulas. It's a great help in keeping track of closed
> parenthesis as it matches the color of the formula text it is closing. How
> ever, this is just a visual aid and does not modify the color of the text
> when you enter it into a cell.
>
> To change the color of a font, from the menu clickFORMAT and select CELLS.
> Click the FONT tab in the formatting dialog box and select the color of the
> font from the COLOR combo box located roughly about mid-point on the dialog
> page.
> --
> Kevin Backmann
>
>
> "BAB" wrote:
>
> > My worksheets won't allow me to use colour fonts. I can write in colour while
> > in a cell, but the cell contents revert to black when I press "Enter" or
> > "Tab" and leave the cell. I've never come across this problem before. I
> > have tried to repair the Office 2003 installation, but it has not solved the
> > problem.