In the Properties window, (1) click on Alphabetic and (2) select ForeColor.

In the Ribbon, go to Developer > Properties.

You can also customize the color of the text on the button by changing the forecolor. As you can see below, the BackColor of an ActiveX button is the fill color of the shape.Ĭhange ForeColor of ActiveX Control ButtonĪs shown above, the BackColor of a button is its fill color. Finally, (4) choose a color (from the Palette or System).Īfter clicking on the desired color, the color of the button will automatically change. Then (2) select BackColor in the left column, and (3) click on the arrow in the right column to display the color options. To change the BackColor of the button, (1) click on Alphabetic to see a list of button properties in alphabetical order.

After that, the Properties window will open.

Then in the Ribbon, go to Developer > Controls > Properties.

Select the button whose color you want to change.

(If you can’t see the Developer tab, customize your Ribbon to add it.)

First, be sure that Design Mode ( Developer > Controls > Design Mode) is enabled so you can use the Properties option.Change BackColor of ActiveX Control Button This is done quite differently from changing a cell’s color.

In a spreadsheet, one easy way to direct attention to a button is to change the button’s color. Once you have your button set up, you can change its properties. Then, clicking on that button runs the selected macro. From the Developer tab, you can insert a button and assign it a macro. In this tutorial, you will learn how to change the color of a button in Excel.īuttons are used in Excel to call macros.

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