help with Excel
Jan 23, 2009 | 7:57 am
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help with Excel
Hi everyone,
I don't know Excel very well, so I could use some help.
I'm trying to modify a document someone else created. In the cells, when I type I see very light gray letters. I need to change this so I see regular black letters. Any ideas?
Thanks!
I don't know Excel very well, so I could use some help.
I'm trying to modify a document someone else created. In the cells, when I type I see very light gray letters. I need to change this so I see regular black letters. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Jan 23, 2009 | 8:09 am
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Check that the default font isn't set to the offending color. Go to Format, Cells and in the middle of the box you'll see a drop-down for Color. It should be set to Automatic, which seems to be Black (at least it is for me). If that's the problem, you can highlight the page (Click on the box above at the upper left Line 1 and the left of Column A) and set the default font for all cells. That's for all Excel versions up to 2007. I don't have 2007 on the machine I'm using now, and I don't recall the exact the menu route on that, but you can find the equivalent commands.
Jan 23, 2009 | 4:35 pm
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Don't know which version you are using. If it was an older version (one I'm using), on the tool bar, you should see a letter "A". That is your font color. Click on the little triangle will bring up the color chart. Select any color for text by clicking on the colored square. Automatic usually defaults to BLACK color.
So if you want to change the text in any cell, simply select that cell, then click "A" and pick your text color. To change an entire worksheet to BLACK, select the entire sheet (click the square above row 1 and column A), then select "A" and "Automatic".
Hope this help.
So if you want to change the text in any cell, simply select that cell, then click "A" and pick your text color. To change an entire worksheet to BLACK, select the entire sheet (click the square above row 1 and column A), then select "A" and "Automatic".
Hope this help.
Jan 24, 2009 | 9:22 am
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