Basic Excel 2003 Spreadsheet Tutorial

Excel 2003 Formatting - Changing cell background color

Basic Excel 2003 Spreadsheet Tutorial

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Excel 2003 Formatting - Changing cell background color

Note: For help on these steps, refer to the image above. This step involves using icons located on the Formatting toolbar, which is normally located at the top of the Excel 2003 screen. If it is not present, this article, Finding Excel Toolbars can help you locate it.

1. Drag select cells A2 - D2 on the spreadsheet.
   
   
2. Click on the Fill Color icon on the Formatting Toolbar (looks like a paint can) to open the background color drop down list.
   
   
3. Choose Green from the list to change the background color of cells A2 - D2 to dark green.
   
   
4. Drag select cells A8 - D8 on the spreadsheet.
   
   
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3.

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• Excel 2003 Step by Step Tutorial
• Entering Data into Excel 2003
• Widening Columns in Excel 2003
• Adding the Date and a Range Name
• Adding Formulas in Excel 2003
• Excel 2003 Formatting - Changing Data Alignment
• Excel 2003 Formatting - Number Formatting
• Excel 2003 Formatting - Changing cell background color
• Excel 2003 Formatting - Changing Font Color