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HP Pavilion Notebook Y4F74PA#
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Excel usage / MsOffice 16

Windows 10 OS

 

The Color Fill and Color Font does not seem to work.

I highlight a field and fill color say Yellow; the field does not show any effect/no change

 

Please assist.

 

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Hi,

 

Welcome to HP Support Forum. Excel is a product from Microsoft, please try the following discussions from other forums:

 

    https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/824348-excel-2013-cell-fill-font-colors-wont-change.ht...

    https://superuser.com/questions/437346/unable-to-change-excel-cell-font-or-shading-colors

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_excel-mso_other/excel-will-not-let-me-ch...

   

Regards.

BH
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Hi,

 

Welcome to HP Support Forum. Excel is a product from Microsoft, please try the following discussions from other forums:

 

    https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/824348-excel-2013-cell-fill-font-colors-wont-change.ht...

    https://superuser.com/questions/437346/unable-to-change-excel-cell-font-or-shading-colors

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_excel-mso_other/excel-will-not-let-me-ch...

   

Regards.

BH
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Had struggled with the High Contrast setting but not enough to turn it Off.

The suggestion here by the Expert worked like magic.

 

Many thanks.

 

 

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