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Saving a color in Excel
I cant figure out why Excel does not save a color chosen from the "More Colors" and keep it saved in "Recent Colors". I have a few colors that are not standard for text and cell fill colors. Each ...
Hello,
When you specify desired color by clicking on More Colors in the Fill and Font colors, you will always see the specified colors in the Recent Colors bell Theme and Standard Colors respectively.
Regards.
When you specify desired color by clicking on More Colors in the Fill and Font colors, you will always see the specified colors in the Recent Colors bell Theme and Standard Colors respectively.
Regards.
I have had the same issue for quite some time. I work with a couple Excel files in which the developers have the used custom fill colors that display in the Fill Color drop down each time the most recent version is opened, saved as a new Excel file name, and opened the next time.
I have some of my Excel files that use three Custom cell fill colors. However, after the file is saved, and reopened, the Custom cell fill colors are not shown in the drop down.
How does one get Custom cell fill colors to save with the file?
- I had this issue, but I realise it was in a .XLS file. When I save it as .XLSX, the Recent Colors were retained.
- MG_63 jep, pay attention how u save your file
