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    How to set text color of a button

    I have a few buttons on an Excel worksheet that I want to change colour (black / red ) depending on a code. The goal of my routine is to make all 5 buttons black first and then make a selected one red.

    Here is the the subprogram that I made using code that was recorded when I manually changed the colour of a button. Unfortunately, there no instruction to change the text colour was recorded. All help would be greatly appreciated.

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    Re: How to set text color of a button

    ActiveSheet.CommandButton1.BackColor = vbRed
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    Re: How to set text color of a button

    Thanks ProtonLeah. I think you misunderstood my request; your suggestion i suspect works with a command buttons on a user form. I will use that idea in the future I'm sure.

    However, what I want to do is change the text colour of a regular button on the Excel sheet.
    Any suggestions for that.

    - Stu

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    Re: How to set text color of a button

    @StuCram
    Have you tried protonLeah's code with an ActiveX Button on your Sheet?
    Change BackColor To ForeColor for the Caption color
    Last edited by jolivanes; 03-02-2015 at 02:11 AM.

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    Re: How to set text color of a button

    Nope. I'n not using ActiveX since it's available only on Windows and I need Mac compatibility.
    The suggested code did not work on a regular button on the Excel sheet when I tried it.
    Thanks for the suggestion.

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    Re: How to set text color of a button

    Oh, a Mac.
    Did not see that Stu
    Sorry about that.

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