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  • How do I change the color of the cell pointer?

    From Billing MailSoar@21:1/5 to Bob I on Thu Feb 11 01:04:22 2021
    On Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 16:41:26 UTC, Bob I wrote:
    Yes Gridlines and Borders are different. The way you referred to them
    lead me to believe you had specifically placed borders on the sheet. You
    may elect to show Gridlines or not, and and cell with fill will not
    have them(they will be hidden). So use borders if you want some control
    over the appearance.
    I Stevens wrote:
    Thank you for your answer. However, I have to disagree with you on the fact that gridlines and borders are not exactly the same. Gridlines are automatically incorporated into all spreasheets which divides the spreasheet
    into series of columns and rows. Borders are not automatically incorporated into the spreadsheets, yet is within the user's control to add borders to darken the gridlines. I know the difference.

    My concern is having a way of changing the cell pointer or the cursor's color to quickly identify its location. If it is not possible than I will make other arrangements to the actual spreadsheet as you previously suggested
    in changing the color of the borders to my spreadsheet.

    Thanks again for your help.

    "Bob I" wrote:


    Yes the "gridlines" you place on the sheet are called borders.

    I Stevens wrote:

    Are you stating that there is no way to change the color of the actual >>>cursor? But it would be easier to just change the gridlines that I currently
    have in place.

    "Bob I" wrote:



    Change the Color of the borders you applied.

    I Stevens wrote:



    When I do a search of a particular entry, it's very difficult to identify
    where the cell pointer is because it's in black and I have gridlines on my
    spreadsheet. Is there a way that I can change the color of the cell pointer
    to help with quickly identifying the search result?

    .


    .

    I too am trying to find a solution for the same thing Bob.

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  • From zvkmpw@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 13 18:22:58 2021
    In response to:
    I kind of have to visually search the worksheet to find where the cursor is ...

    If that's the real problem you might try in Windows 10:
    Control Panel > Mouse >
    Make it easier to see the mouse pointer. >
    Show location of the pointer when I press the CTRL key

    This is not specific to Excel, but it works for me.

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