Highlight the cell and select text format.
In MS Excel 2007:
When you change the color of the fill in a cell you are changing its format. This action applies to Microsoft Excel.
Fill Color
Live Preview will show you how a fill color will look before it is applied.
The fill color fills the entire cell whereas the font color just changes the color of the content of the cell, like the text, numbers of dates that are in the cell.
The default is nofill or no colour. It just appears as white.
The fill handle can be turned off in the Excel options, though it is more useful to have it on.
For Excel 2007, it is the button that looks like a paint can tipped over. You will find it on the Home tab in the Font section. Another option is on the Home tab in the Cells section, under the Format option (Format Cells | Fill).
A fill is like a continuous copy in Excel. It provides various ways of implementing a fill, like using the fill handle or the Fill Series options.
You can use almost any color you want with MS Excel.
Use the "fill handle", to fill down or across.
Cell color refers to the color of the square you have selected in Excel.
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