Microsoft KB Archive/71937

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Last reviewed: November 1, 1994

Article ID: Q71937

SUMMARY
The Window background color setting may affect the appearance of an object printed from an Excel for Windows 3.0 worksheet under certain circumstances. The object will appear in the Window background color in print preview (even though a black-and-white printer is installed) and will print with a shaded background.

NOTE: This behavior appears to be worksheet-specific and usually cannot be duplicated with a second worksheet.

Workaround
 Select the object on the worksheet.  From the Format menu, choose Patterns and set Fill to None. Fill is normally set to Automatic as a default and shows black and white with no pattern. This default is the equivalent of None, so setting the Fill to None should cause the object to print as originally intended. 