My friend, you are a true Gentleman (and with a capital G!) and a scholar. It worked like a charm. Never thought about that little tick mark. Which brings me to the installation item: want to import your personal settings?, or such. It does warn that "most" settings will make it, others not. I guess this did not make it, lest things for that settings item changed from v.1.0 to v.2.0
And who are the ones that complain bitterly that there is no help available at 02:00 (2 a.m. for you) for OpenOffice? I requested help late last night, within 10 minutes I had the first answer, and now, very early in the morning, I have the solution. So go and buy "OpenOffice for Dummies". It's available and at half price at the computer store of that name. At least up here in Canada. Thanks again, pal. M... P.S. And yes, my tax refund is now a wonderful red minus number. For your amusement. "Ross Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 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]
