> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:06 PM, David C. Rankin < > drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Guys, > > > > I'm having a problem with openoffice calc. When I highlight a few cells or > > few > > rows and then change the background color, no color is shown on the monitor > > for the cells. Moving the input box up/down across the rows or cells that > > the > > background color was set on, the color indication in the toolbar correctly > > changes showing where the color has been set, but still no background color > > is > > displayed in the cells on-screen. > > > > Oddly, when I print the spreadsheet, the background color is correctly > > printed?? Can some one confirm this on your install or let me know "works > > for > > me" so I can have some additional info before filing a bug report. Thanks. > > > On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 11:23 +0800, Dexter Ang wrote: > I can confirm that I'm not seeing what you're saying. Setting the background > color over here displays it immediately. > Using openoffice-base 3.1.1-2 > > dex > Please don't top-post. Anyhow, to the OP, are you using a dark theme of some sort? Openoffice has problems with not showing the correct colours if you're using some sort of non-default (Gnome) theme.