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Brass Contributor

Jun 03, 2021

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Find and Replace Highlight colour

When I'm using the Find and Replace function and hit find, Excel finds the cell but its very hard to see because of the highlighted colour. Is there a way to change the default colour? Thanks in adv...

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Celia_Alves
Jun 04, 2021
I understand your struggle now. I guess you will have to rely on the columns and row headers to help you detect the column and row of the active cell.
Option 2 is to use less vibrant colours in your cells.
Also, other people posted your request as an improvement idea for Excel. You can add your vote:
- https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/38326495-change-the-border-color-around-the-selected-cell
- https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/40316236-active-cell-border
- https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/42616582-improve-visibility-of-selected-cells

mark_murphy_manluk

Brass Contributor

Jun 04, 2021

Celia_Alves

I do work with colour filled cells, and borders.

I do not have any colour blindness.

I have attached some screen shots of the file.

Celia_Alves

MVP

Jun 04, 2021

I understand your struggle now. I guess you will have to rely on the columns and row headers to help you detect the column and row of the active cell.
Option 2 is to use less vibrant colours in your cells.
Also, other people posted your request as an improvement idea for Excel. You can add your vote:
- https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/38326495-change-the-border-color-around-the-selected-cell
- https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/40316236-active-cell-border
- https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/42616582-improve-visibility-of-selected-cells

Blue_Salmon
Copper Contributor
Aug 24, 2022
Those links to vote for the improvements do not work anymore. 😞😞
- luvmytrk
  Copper Contributor
  Aug 24, 2022
  Blue_Salmon so frustrating!
mark_murphy_manluk
Brass Contributor
Jun 04, 2021
Thanks for your help, and I have voted for all of the improvements.
- Celia_Alves
  MVP
  Jun 04, 2021
  mark_murphy_manluk
  
  I found other pages about this topic. Some mention Excel add-ins that might help. If this is a trouble for you every day, maybe it is worth to check it:
  
  https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/3828-change-border-color-of-active-cell-in-excel.html
  
  https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_excel-mso_win10-mso_2016/change-the-color-of-the-active-cell-pointer-border/e2bfb918-48c4-4e65-bf65-053120ce699a
  
  https://www.excelforum.com/excel-new-users-basics/631262-can-the-excel-cursor-or-cell-outline-color-be-changed.html
  
  Good luck!
  - mark_murphy_manluk
    Brass Contributor
    Aug 24, 2022
    Good Afternoon Celia_Alves,
    
    I still await a solution to this issue, and based on the 7,400+ views it seems like many are also waiting.
    I'm not sure what the view count has to be to get on the list of this to change for next release/update, but I'm sure this has to be getting close.