Microsoft KB Archive/69467

Forcing Excel 3.00 to Display 3-D Look on an EGA Display PSS ID Number: Q69467 Article last modified on 02-26-1993 PSS database name: W_eXceL

3.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

The Excel 3.00 tool bar will not appear 3-D on an EGA. The tool bar is actually one window containing a bitmap that gives it the appearance of having several buttons. The tool bar is controlled exclusively by Excel and its bitmap is 2-D at EGA resolution.

The following workarounds may be used to get features such as the row and column headings to appear with the 3-D look. The workarounds are listed in order from most desirable to least desirable. Please use only one of them at a time. If the first workaround doesn’t work, try the second and so on.

  Change to one of the Windows standard color schemes in the Colors section of Control Panel (such as Windows Default, Ocean, etc.)   Add NewLook=1 to the [Microsoft Excel] section of the EXCEL.INI.   Enter the following lines in the [Colors] section of the WIN.INI file: ButtonFace=192 192 192 ButtonShadow=128 128 128 ButtonText=0 0 0 

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