When doing a "find" the found cell is highlighted white and barely visible.
How can you change the highlighting for this operation?

No found cell is ever highlighted but It should have a black selection
border around it.

Do you mean multiple-return results?

After running the Find All command, hit CTRL + a in the "found" dialog box.

Then hit the "fill color" icon.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:52:03 -0700, hilreal
wrote:

When doing a "find" the found cell is highlighted white and barely visible.
How can you change the highlighting for this operation?

After reading your response I went back and tried it and I guess I am NOT
getting the black border around the selection. It looks lighter than the
other cells but no distinquishing border. Any ideas how to turn it on?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

No found cell is ever highlighted but It should have a black selection
border around it.

Do you mean multiple-return results?

After running the Find All command, hit CTRL + a in the "found" dialog box.

Then hit the "fill color" icon.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:52:03 -0700, hilreal
wrote:

When doing a "find" the found cell is highlighted white and barely visible.
How can you change the highlighting for this operation?

I cannot replicate this on 2003 or 2007.

I get a black selection border around first found cell and as I move through
Find Next the selection changes to next instance and that cell gets the
border.

When you normally select a cell do you get the black border?


Gord


On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:18:01 -0700, hilreal
wrote:

After reading your response I went back and tried it and I guess I am NOT
getting the black border around the selection. It looks lighter than the
other cells but no distinquishing border. Any ideas how to turn it on?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

No found cell is ever highlighted but It should have a black selection
border around it.

Do you mean multiple-return results?

After running the Find All command, hit CTRL + a in the "found" dialog box.

Then hit the "fill color" icon.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:52:03 -0700, hilreal
wrote:

When doing a "find" the found cell is highlighted white and barely visible.
How can you change the highlighting for this operation?

Yes, when I manually select a cell I get a black border. When I do a "find"
the cell turns white but no border.

Yes, when I manually select a cell I get a dark black border. When I do a
"find" opreation the selected cell turns white without a border.

Do you already have borders from FormatCellsBorder applied to the cells or
just the normal gridlines?

If you have borders applied, the selected cell will not have the heavy
outline.


Gord

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:50:03 -0700, hilreal
wrote:

Yes, when I manually select a cell I get a black border. When I do a "find"
the cell turns white but no border.

I have the same issue. The color scheme of Excel 2007 is not good. The
found cell is practically invisible if your spreadhseet has gridlines. Is
there a way to change the background color of the 'found' cell temporararily
while its active (ie, the cursor is on it after a "Find")?


"Gord Dibben" wrote:

I cannot replicate this on 2003 or 2007.

I get a black selection border around first found cell and as I move through
Find Next the selection changes to next instance and that cell gets the
border.

When you normally select a cell do you get the black border?


Gord


On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:18:01 -0700, hilreal
wrote:

After reading your response I went back and tried it and I guess I am NOT
getting the black border around the selection. It looks lighter than the
other cells but no distinquishing border. Any ideas how to turn it on?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

No found cell is ever highlighted but It should have a black selection
border around it.

Do you mean multiple-return results?

After running the Find All command, hit CTRL + a in the "found" dialog box.

Then hit the "fill color" icon.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:52:03 -0700, hilreal
wrote:

When doing a "find" the found cell is highlighted white and barely visible.
How can you change the highlighting for this operation?