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If I'm typing text or numbers into an Excel cell, while I can see what I'm writing in the formula bar above the chart, the cell shows nothing but the vertical stroke of a cursor, and no text or numbers at all until I tab out of the cell. I find this very annoying, though not a stopper to doing work. It's unlike any Excel I've used in the past.
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This behavior is due to the font color of the cell, if the interior is white and the font color is white, you can't see what you type.
Andreas.
Nope. After I tab out of the cell, the entry appears in black there, my chosen color.
Correct. The solution is for Windows.
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it sounds like your solution is geared for a Windows user? I'm on a Mac. I couldn't even find a "Quick Repair" menu item anywhere. Where do I look?