Windows Vista Dissapearing tick box

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I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium

The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
be.

They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.

Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.

Is it just me?

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
chris@cdixon.me.uk

Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box


"Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
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>I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>
> The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
> confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
> Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
> but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
> be.
>
> They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
> on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>
> Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
> cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
> original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>
> Is it just me?
>
> Chris
> --
> Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
> chris@cdixon.me.uk
>
> Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

Chris
Might be better if you don those dancing shoes and waltz down the
hall to
Microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions.
Those blokes are the excel experts, this is an OS orientated NG.

rgds
Roberto
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box


"Roberto le Cornielle" <whoisit@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:inrec4loskgtu6d4gtn74jtu8k5mrom7fh@4ax.com...
>>I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>>
>> The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
>> confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
>> Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
>> but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
>> be.
>>
>> They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
>> on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>>
>> Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
>> cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
>> original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>>
>> Is it just me?
>>
>> Chris
>> --
>> Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
>> chris@cdixon.me.uk
>>
>> Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
>
> Chris
> Might be better if you don those dancing shoes and waltz down the
> hall to
> Microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions.
> Those blokes are the excel experts, this is an OS orientated NG.
>
> rgds
> Roberto


Wherever do you get the idea from? It is a generic Excel group.
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box

I don't have Vista Chris, and judging from your questions I am not seeing
any reason to get it, but I thought they had ditched those images in Excel
2003. I don't have them on XP.

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HTH

Bob

"Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
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>I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>
> The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
> confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
> Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
> but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
> be.
>
> They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
> on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>
> Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
> cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
> original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>
> Is it just me?
>
> Chris
> --
> Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
> chris@cdixon.me.uk
>
> Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box

"Bob Phillips" <BobNGs@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Roberto le Cornielle" <whoisit@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:u7IISmxEJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
>> news:inrec4loskgtu6d4gtn74jtu8k5mrom7fh@4ax.com...
>>>I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>>>
>>> The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
>>> confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
>>> Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
>>> but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
>>> be.
>>>
>>> They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
>>> on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>>>
>>> Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
>>> cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
>>> original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>>>
>>> Is it just me?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> --
>>> Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
>>> chris@cdixon.me.uk
>>>
>>> Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
>>
>> Chris
>> Might be better if you don those dancing shoes and waltz down
>> the hall to
>> Microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions.
>> Those blokes are the excel experts, this is an OS orientated NG.
>>
>> rgds
>> Roberto
>
>
> Wherever do you get the idea from? It is a generic Excel group.

Perhaps Microsoft.public.excel then.
More specific help for excel in the excel orientated NGs there than
one would expect here ?

rgds
Roberto
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box

Your logic has lost me. An NG that has Excel in its title would seem to an
excel orientated NG, and that is exactly what it has been in the years that
I have been visiting it.

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__________________________________
HTH

Bob

"Roberto le Cornielle" <whoisit@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Bob Phillips" <BobNGs@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%237Ibh3xEJHA.4304@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Roberto le Cornielle" <whoisit@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:u7IISmxEJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:inrec4loskgtu6d4gtn74jtu8k5mrom7fh@4ax.com...
>>>>I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>>>>
>>>> The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
>>>> confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
>>>> Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
>>>> but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
>>>> be.
>>>>
>>>> They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
>>>> on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>>>>
>>>> Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
>>>> cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
>>>> original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>>>>
>>>> Is it just me?
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>> --
>>>> Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
>>>> chris@cdixon.me.uk
>>>>
>>>> Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> Might be better if you don those dancing shoes and waltz down
>>> the hall to
>>> Microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions.
>>> Those blokes are the excel experts, this is an OS orientated NG.
>>>
>>> rgds
>>> Roberto
>>
>>
>> Wherever do you get the idea from? It is a generic Excel group.
>
> Perhaps Microsoft.public.excel then.
> More specific help for excel in the excel orientated NGs there than
> one would expect here ?
>
> rgds
> Roberto
>
 
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"Bob Phillips" <BobNGs@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wherever do you get the idea from? It is a generic Excel group.


The OP crossposted to Vista General.....
 
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Roberto le Cornielle wrote:

>
> "Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:inrec4loskgtu6d4gtn74jtu8k5mrom7fh@4ax.com...
>
>> I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>>
>> The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
>> confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
>> Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
>> but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
>> be.
>>
>> They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
>> on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>>
>> Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
>> cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
>> original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>>
>> Is it just me?
>>
>> Chris
>> --
>> Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
>> chris@cdixon.me.uk
>>
>> Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
>
>
> Chris
> Might be better if you don those dancing shoes and waltz down
> the hall to
> Microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions.
> Those blokes are the excel experts, this is an OS orientated NG.
>
> rgds
> Roberto
>

Hi, it was cross posted to the two groups.
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box



Bob Phillips wrote:

> "Roberto le Cornielle" <whoisit@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:u7IISmxEJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>>"Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
>>news:inrec4loskgtu6d4gtn74jtu8k5mrom7fh@4ax.com...
>>
>>>I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>>>
>>>The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
>>>confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
>>>Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
>>>but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
>>>be.
>>>
>>>They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
>>>on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>>>
>>>Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
>>>cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
>>>original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>>>
>>>Is it just me?
>>>
>>>Chris
>>>--
>>>Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
>>>chris@cdixon.me.uk
>>>
>>>Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
>>
>>Chris
>>Might be better if you don those dancing shoes and waltz down the
>>hall to
>>Microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions.
>>Those blokes are the excel experts, this is an OS orientated NG.
>>
>>rgds
>>Roberto
>
>
>
> Wherever do you get the idea from? It is a generic Excel group.
>
Hi, it was cross posted to the two groups.
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box



Roberto le Cornielle wrote:

> "Bob Phillips" <BobNGs@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%237Ibh3xEJHA.4304@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>>
>> "Roberto le Cornielle" <whoisit@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:u7IISmxEJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>
>>> "Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:inrec4loskgtu6d4gtn74jtu8k5mrom7fh@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>> I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>>>>
>>>> The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
>>>> confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
>>>> Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
>>>> but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
>>>> be.
>>>>
>>>> They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
>>>> on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>>>>
>>>> Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
>>>> cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
>>>> original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>>>>
>>>> Is it just me?
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>> --
>>>> Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
>>>> chris@cdixon.me.uk
>>>>
>>>> Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> Might be better if you don those dancing shoes and waltz down
>>> the hall to
>>> Microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions.
>>> Those blokes are the excel experts, this is an OS orientated NG.
>>>
>>> rgds
>>> Roberto
>>
>>
>>
>> Wherever do you get the idea from? It is a generic Excel group.
>
>
> Perhaps Microsoft.public.excel then.
> More specific help for excel in the excel orientated NGs there than
> one would expect here ?
>


Perhaps because the OP wasn't sure if the video issues are something
from Vista?
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box

"Bob Phillips" <BobNGs@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> Your logic has lost me. An NG that has Excel in its title would seem to an
> excel orientated NG, and that is exactly what it has been in the years
> that I have been visiting it.


How many years does it take to understand cross-posting?

ss.
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box

The guy wrote, and I quote ... Might be better if you don those
dancing shoes and waltz down the hall to
Microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions...

Now as the OP HAD posted to an Excel NG, his statement was ludicrous, as is
yours.


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Bob

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message
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> "Bob Phillips" <BobNGs@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:Ovg1yGzEJHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Your logic has lost me. An NG that has Excel in its title would seem to
>> an excel orientated NG, and that is exactly what it has been in the years
>> that I have been visiting it.
>
>
> How many years does it take to understand cross-posting?
>
> ss.
>
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box

Bob I wrote:
>
>>>> "Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote
>>>>> I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>>>>>
>>>>> The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
>>>>> confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
>>>>> Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
>>>>> but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
>>>>> be.
>>>>>
>>>>> They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
>>>>> on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
>>>>> cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
>>>>> original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it just me?

>Perhaps because the OP wasn't sure if the video issues are something
>from Vista?

Absolutely.

I have tried asking this same question before, and got absolutely
no response at all in the excel group. This time I thought I
would widen the field, but unfortunately the result has been
rather introspective.

Maybe nobody else has ever experienced the problem, but this
seems statistically unlikely.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
chris@cdixon.me.uk

Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
 
Re: Dissapearing tick box


True - I'm using Excel 2007, I don't see the *red* cross and *green* tick
specifically. The icons are there but just in a different style - italic,
and normal black colour in the formula bar.

I seem to remember the last Excel version to use the red / green icons was
Excel 2000.

"Bob Phillips" <BobNGs@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> I don't have Vista Chris, and judging from your questions I am not seeing
> any reason to get it, but I thought they had ditched those images in Excel
> 2003. I don't have them on XP.
>
> --
> __________________________________
> HTH
>
> Bob
>
> "Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:inrec4loskgtu6d4gtn74jtu8k5mrom7fh@4ax.com...
>>I am using Excel 2003 with Vista Home Premium
>>
>> The red cross and green tick adjacent to the formula bar (to
>> confirm or reject entries) are only visible intermittently.
>> Sometimes the blue background shows, sometimes it shows white,
>> but they reappear when the mouse hovers over where they should
>> be.
>>
>> They also appear quite pixelated, compared with everything else
>> on screen. I am not aware of any memory problems.
>>
>> Another, maybe related, oddity is that anything added to existing
>> cell contents, on the formula bar, appears lower than the
>> original characters. Once accepted, it rises into alignment.
>>
>> Is it just me?
>>
>> Chris
>> --
>> Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
>> chris@cdixon.me.uk
>>
>> Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
>
>
 
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