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Why did new notes on an old spreadsheet not automatically have yellow backgrounds?
Newer versions of Excel have both notes and comments; are you perhaps adding comments instead of notes? Or, have you tried updating the workbooks to the new formats?
pdtcaskey Thanks for the reply.
I am aware of both the notes and comments on the current version of Excel. Being a long time user and a sole practitioner not needing to share my notes/comments with anyone else, I prefer continuing to use the Notes function. It has been working fine until this strange occurance yesterday when 2 new notes appeared with white backgrounds instead of the yellow I have been accustomed to for the past 20 years. So, as in Kubrick's film 2001, when anything suddenly changes like that (HAL makes an error) You have to wonder. As the yellow background for notes makes them much easier to see and read, I would like to regain that functionality. (Just tried creating a new note again, even after quitting and reopening Excel, to the same white background note creation. I would imagine that all of us using Microsoft 365 subscription versions of excel are having that same experience, no?) Any suggestions?
