Excel 2007 : Selected cells in Excel 2007 aren't highlighted

**chellieg** · 03-30-2009, 04:46 PM

Hi there! I'm new here and I'm really hoping you can help me out. I recently installed Office 2007 at home and now when I am in an Excel spreadsheet, I've noticed that the gridlines are VERY faint and also, when I select a group of cells in a sheet, normally they would become highlighted (or grayed out) so that you could see what was selected on the spreadsheet and what wasn't, but now you can't tell the difference between the selected cells and unselected cells. If I select the entire table, the only things that become highlighted are the column letters and row numbers.

I looked around to see if a setting needs to be changed, but couldn't find any. I did find one where you could change the color of the gridlines, but that was all. I also use the same software at work and don't have either problem. I also tried playing around with my monitor settings, but that didn't help either.

I am running it on Windows XP SP3.

If anyone can help me with this problem, I would really appreciate it a lot!

Thanks so much!

~chellie

**fireworks** · 04-18-2009, 08:54 PM

3-30 and no response!? Wow. I have the same problem and it has caused me to delete rows I did not want to delete. Very hard to follow my row highlights. You would think someone would know the answer to this one it seems simple.

Mike

**shg** · 04-18-2009, 10:54 PM

Mike, please read the forum rules, and then start your own thread if you want to pursue the topic.

**trosasco** · 06-28-2012, 11:04 AM

Chellieg,

I have this same issue. I was wondering if you ever found an answer. Please advise.

Thanks,
Trish

**arlu1201** · 06-29-2012, 07:22 AM

Trish,

Welcome to the Forum, unfortunately:

Your post does not comply with Rule 2 of our Forum RULES. Don't post a question in the thread of another member -- start your own thread. If you feel it's particularly relevant, provide a link to the other thread. It makes sense to have a new thread for your question because a thread with numerous replies can be off putting & difficult to pick out relevant replies.