Assuming you are using Excel 2007.
Many users have complained of the same condition.
No good fix to date, but some users have reported a bit of improvement by
playing with Windows Display settings.
Play around with Color Scheme in Appearance options.
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:24:10 -0700, joec <joec.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
>How do I change the backround color when i select and highlight several
>cells. Right now mine is very light and hard to tell which cells I have
>highlighted. Can I change this in excel? Or is this a windows preference?