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Background Color of Excel 5.0 Changes Intermittently

Article ID: 140394

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

This article was previously published under Q140394

SYMPTOMS

If you set your video configuration to VGA and 16 colors, the background color of an Excel spreadsheet changes intermittently when you scroll up or down.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do one of the following:

change the video configuration to a greater color depth such as 246- color mode.

-or-
Upgrade to Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5 and 3.51. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt 3.50 3.51

Keywords: KB140394