Excel cell turns black whilst entering data

Anonymous
2013-01-15T11:11:35+00:00

Hi,

There's a document that's used by some people in the office and whenever they try to enter data into it the cell turns black while they're doing it and they can't see what they've typed until they click off it. These documents are something to do with Sage and not something they've created and if they make a new sheet within them they can edit cells without issue. I'm sure it's just some setting somewhere but could someone please enlighten me as to what it might be?

Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-09-29T19:07:30+00:00

    This is what they say.....(it is not exactly what i'm experiencing but very close)

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Fill-cell-formatting-does-not-render-correctly-after-adding-a-header-in-Page-Layout-view-in-Excel-2016-57bbd912-9723-4324-87c7-baf3e577c015?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

    Fill cell formatting does not render correctly after adding a header in Page Layout view in Excel 2016

    Applies To:  Excel 2016   

    Last updated: September 27, 2017 

    ISSUE 

    When in Page Layout view, applying a fill formatting such as a pattern style to a cell or table does not render correctly after adding a header or a footer to the spreadsheet. You may see a black background or other formatting issues. 

    This issue impacts Version 1708 (Build 8431.2079). 

    STATUS: WORKAROUND 

    We are currently working on a fix. In the meantime, you can remove the header and or the footer from the spreadsheet for the fill formatting to render correctly.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-09-29T14:01:05+00:00

    I think this is an update bug. I'm having issues with Excel (exactly as this thread is describing) as well as saving issues (I HATE this new autosave function) plus issues with freezing in Word.

    Please sort this out Microsoft.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-09-29T23:24:53+00:00

    This recently happened to us also, but we noticed that it is only affecting users with a Dell P2717H monitor - and the problem has to do with page layout view and having a header and footer.  Users with a larger monitor (like the Dell U3415W) the document works fine. 

    On users with the affected monitor, the document will work correctly if:

    1. you use Normal view, not Page Layout.
    2. you remove the header and footer, and leave the document in Page Layout view
    3. We noticed that when we did a remote session to the PC (so it wasn't using the default resolution) the file would function well also.

    It seems to be an issue with rendering for our 27" monitors, that was caused by a recent Microsoft Update - but when you check the link given above it says the issue is resolved with the latest update.  We currently have build 8201.2193, and are experiencing the issue - so it still exists.

    Hope this helps someone else.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-09-29T18:56:42+00:00

    We noticed the same thing, but when we change the view to normal view instead of page layout view it stops. 

    But we are changing Header's  daily and need to see the them.

    Has anyone reported this to microsoft?

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-09-29T11:58:20+00:00

    Yes just noticed this same problem on both our computers in the office today. Maybe going to try undoing the last update

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