After selecingt a cell in a spreadsheet the cell turns black.
Products affected:
This redraw behavior can occur when a graphic has been placed in an AppleWorks spreadsheet or if the text color of a cell is set to something other than black. The behavior is most noticeable when the display is set to Thousands of Colors.
This behavior can also be reproduced by selecting a cell, setting the text color to something other than black, then selecting an adjacent cell.
As a workaround, change the display bit depth to 256 or Millions of Colors while working in your spreadsheet document.
This behavior is eliminated in Mac OS 9.