I can reproduce this. If I go to Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Accessibility
and tick the box labelled "Use automatic font colour for screen display" With it ticked I see the colour in Edit mode but Black when I hit return. So, hopefully, to fix your problem, untick (detick?) that option. On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 22:30 -0800, Max G. Kluth wrote: > P.S. The same is true for calculated numbers. I just did my taxes, and a > refund will appear as a "minus" figure. Don't ask. Anyway, I tried to format > the result cell as a red -1234.00 etc. (no, it's only a small amount in > reality, unfortunately...) - nothing. I just get a black on white -1234.00, > which, of course, is still money in the bank, regardless, but not quite as > much fun... > > "Jean Hollis Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Max G. Kluth wrote: > : > There seems to be a problem with v.2.0.2, and 2.0 before. I have created > : > extensive calendars in Calc, a holdover from my Lotus days. I will > enter, > : > e.g., the dates for an exhibition. I copy the last day of the exhibition > in > : > the appropriate calendar date cell and highlight just this final date > : > information in read. Worked fine from StarOffice 5.2 (the last free one) > : > right until OO 1.x.x > : > > : > No longer. From v.2.x.x on the info stays as black as it can be. I tried > : > about every setting. In Tools > Option, in Format Cells, you name it. I > : > cannot even colour the entire cell. However, when the cell is in EDIT > mode, > : > the colour shows up alright! As soon as I hit enter, all goes dark > again... > : > > : > I was going to inquire earlier, but when the word got out that 2.0.2 is > out > : > "soon", I waited until today. No luck with this version either. If > anyone > : > could perhaps point me to the right direction, I will be too pleased to > find > : > it myself. > : > : This is the text in the cell, or the background colour of the > : cell? I don't have any difficulty changing the text colour (or > : the background colour, or both at the same time) and have the > : colours show, in OOo 2.0.2 on WinXP. > : > : What OS are you using? Sounds like it might be a problem with > : your setup, though I can't imagine what or why. > : > : --Jean > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
