Microsoft KB Archive/67095

Screen Color Does Not Update in Excel PSS ID Number: Q67095 Article last modified on 02-26-1993 PSS database name: W_eXceL

2.10d

WINDOWS

Summary:

In the Microsoft Windows version 3.00 Control Panel under the Color option, certain window background colors do not update in Microsoft Excel version 2.10d after they have been changed.

Steps to Reproduce Problem
Do the following if you have a VGA color monitor:


 * 1) Open the Control Panel and select the Color icon.
 * 2) Select Color Palette.
 * 3) Under Screen Element, choose Window Background.
 * 4) Choose the third color from the top right, third down. Choose OK.
 * 5) Open Excel version 2.10d and observe the screen color that shows at this time.
 * 6) Return to the Control Panel and duplicate steps 1-3.
 * 7) Choose the third color from the top right, fourth from the top. Choose OK.
 * 8) Return to Excel and observe that the screen color has not changed. Even though in Windows itself, and in other Windows applications, the screen color has updated correctly.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Excel version 2.10d. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.