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Walter Ski Szymanski
Copper Contributor
Dec 09, 2018

Excel & Mac Mojave Dark Mode

When running in Mac OS Mojave’s dark mode, clicking in Excel’s formula bar to edit other than a simple formula or function, some of the colors Excel assigns to the different components of the formula...
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alangston's avatar
alangston
Copper Contributor
Jan 17, 2019

Changing the default accent color in Mojave from graphite to white seems to fix the problem.

  • Walter Ski Szymanski's avatar
    Walter Ski Szymanski
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 17, 2019

    Thanks, alangston, for the suggestion to change the default accent color in Mojave from graphite to white to fix the problem. Unfortunately, though, changing the accent color is system-wide on the Mac, which results in white highlighting being lost on white backgrounds wherever else this feature is used.

     

    I think the real answer is for Microsoft to correct this problem within Excel.

    • graydavidl's avatar
      graydavidl
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 29, 2019

      Same problem here.   Would like to get this fixed.  Cannot edit formulas without being able to see them

      • mjsabatini's avatar
        mjsabatini
        Copper Contributor
        Feb 25, 2022

        graydavidl Wondering if anyone was able to find a solution to this issue -- using Excel for Mac (16.58, Office 365) and MacOS Monterey, and it still persists.  Thanks!

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