# "Disappearing" headers exporting to a Excel 2016 table from Toad 12.8

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**Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\
**Created:** [June 16, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/disappearing-headers-exporting-to-a-excel-2016-table-from-toad-12-8/37873 "2016-06-16T15:32:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![nreinholdt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e480ec/32.png) [@nreinholdt](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/nreinholdt)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/disappearing-headers-exporting-to-a-excel-2016-table-from-toad-12-8/37873/1 "2016-06-16T15:32:02Z")

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I’m using Toad 12.8’s Export Dataset in format Excel File, and have selected “include column headers”. Once in Excel 2016 I’m using Ctrl-L (Create Table) to apply a table style and filters. The column headers then “disappear” because the font color and the background color are now identical. The workaround is to apply a table style that does _not_ have a title row. Unfortunately I cannot set that as a default: while Excel 2016 offers that option, it has no effect.

Can this be fixed by a tweak to Toad’s settings?

Thanks in advance for any tips.

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**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/disappearing-headers-exporting-to-a-excel-2016-table-from-toad-12-8/37873/2 "2016-06-17T05:38:32Z")

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Unfortunately not. Coincidentally, I just found about this yesterday and fixed it. The fix will appear in the first beta for 12.10.

As a workaround, you could use the “Excel Instance” export option (then you’d have to save the file yourself from Excel)