So I've been working in Excel 97 on Windows XP, and in that system, I was able to set my "active window" display to light gray. Just to clarify, I was *not* changing the color of the cells - Excel still thought they were "no fill", and when printed on white paper, they were white.
However (and the reason I'm posting on Mr Excel board), this active window color meant that I was able to write formulas (check formulas, error messages, etc) in white text and see them on my screen, but they wouldn't show up when I printed, which was extremely useful. (incidentally, this also changed my background color in Word, but not PPT).
My work forced us all to change to Office Pro 2010, which has really dumbed down the ability to change things like this, and I have searched high and low but have not been able to find anyone with this same problem and/or solution. I was hoping there might be some gurus on here who could help!
Any thoughts gratefully appreciated....
Jessica
However (and the reason I'm posting on Mr Excel board), this active window color meant that I was able to write formulas (check formulas, error messages, etc) in white text and see them on my screen, but they wouldn't show up when I printed, which was extremely useful. (incidentally, this also changed my background color in Word, but not PPT).
My work forced us all to change to Office Pro 2010, which has really dumbed down the ability to change things like this, and I have searched high and low but have not been able to find anyone with this same problem and/or solution. I was hoping there might be some gurus on here who could help!
Any thoughts gratefully appreciated....
Jessica
