Cyberdude
04-28-2005, 02:03 PM
I have always been annoyed by my inability to set my screen ?Appearance? in a fashion that allows me to read whatever text is shown on my screen. Yes, I do know how to change the parameters by going into the screen Properties, click Appearance then Advanced to get to the list of items that I can customize the color of. I have worked with it till I?m blue (so to speak) in the face. It?s like trying to put a cat in a bucket of water . . . there?s always one leg sticking out.
Although one of my problems is that I much prefer to have my desktop and Excel worksheet background black (it shows off colors much more vividly), I have tried to use the standard XP color scheme, and I still run into problems now and then.
For example, on the MrExcel forum, any area that I have to enter information into (userid, password, posted text) always appears with a black background, but the text feedback I get must also be black because I can?t see it. I can run my cursor over it, and it will temporarily change color and show the text. I get the same exact problem when I use the Kaiser Permanente site (my HMO). A lot of (but not all) the VBA Help screens I view tend to have a black background, then some of the text is displayed in dark blue (VERY hard to read). Other VBA Help screens are fine ? they have a white background with black text. Good stuff!
I run into some screens that use a light blue or white background, then show their text in cyan. Whew, that?s a strain to see. When I view Help and Support I see a window with white background, and text that is cyan or (gasp!) white. While I can choose Appearance parameters that correct these specific problems, then something else becomes difficult to read. (It?s the fourth leg of the cat.) For MrExcel I can (and do) change the appearance of the Windows item to have cyan as the background with a black font for text. That works great. But then my desktop and Excel worksheets are all cyan. Not so great.
I can?t believe that I?m the only one who has this problem. My question is, is there a way to run a VBA macro or maybe VB script to make a quick change for those cases when I need it, and then change back when I?m finished? :motz2:
Although one of my problems is that I much prefer to have my desktop and Excel worksheet background black (it shows off colors much more vividly), I have tried to use the standard XP color scheme, and I still run into problems now and then.
For example, on the MrExcel forum, any area that I have to enter information into (userid, password, posted text) always appears with a black background, but the text feedback I get must also be black because I can?t see it. I can run my cursor over it, and it will temporarily change color and show the text. I get the same exact problem when I use the Kaiser Permanente site (my HMO). A lot of (but not all) the VBA Help screens I view tend to have a black background, then some of the text is displayed in dark blue (VERY hard to read). Other VBA Help screens are fine ? they have a white background with black text. Good stuff!
I run into some screens that use a light blue or white background, then show their text in cyan. Whew, that?s a strain to see. When I view Help and Support I see a window with white background, and text that is cyan or (gasp!) white. While I can choose Appearance parameters that correct these specific problems, then something else becomes difficult to read. (It?s the fourth leg of the cat.) For MrExcel I can (and do) change the appearance of the Windows item to have cyan as the background with a black font for text. That works great. But then my desktop and Excel worksheets are all cyan. Not so great.
I can?t believe that I?m the only one who has this problem. My question is, is there a way to run a VBA macro or maybe VB script to make a quick change for those cases when I need it, and then change back when I?m finished? :motz2: