1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir*********************************************************************** 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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If not, see 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir ************************************************************************ 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir --> 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textscalcguidebackgroundxhp" indexer="include"> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</title> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/scalc/guide/background.xhp</filename> 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149346"><bookmark_value>spreadsheets; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>backgrounds;cell ranges</bookmark_value> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>tables; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>cells; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>rows, see also cells</bookmark_value> 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>columns, see also cells</bookmark_value> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149346" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="background"><link href="text/scalc/guide/background.xhp" name="Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</link> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph><comment>MW created this file from splitting shared/guide/background.xhp</comment> 50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9520249" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can define a background color or use a graphic as a background for cell ranges in $[officename] Calc.</paragraph> 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3144760" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="16">Applying a Background Color to a $[officename] Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155429" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="17">Select the cells.</paragraph> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149260" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="18">Choose <emph>Format - Cells</emph> (or <emph>Format Cells</emph> from the context menu).</paragraph> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152938" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="19">On the <emph>Background</emph> tab page, select the background color.</paragraph> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146974" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="20">Graphics in the Background of Cells</paragraph> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155414" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">Choose <emph>Insert - Picture - From File</emph>.</paragraph> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149664" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="22">Select the graphic and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153575" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="23">The graphic is inserted anchored to the current cell. You can move and scale the graphic as you want. In your context menu you can use the <emph>Arrange - To Background</emph> command to place this in the background. To select a graphic that has been placed in the background, use the <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="CALC"><link href="text/scalc/01/02110000.xhp" name="Navigator">Navigator</link> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline><defaultinline>Navigator</defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 77*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id51576" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/background.xhp">Watermarks</link></paragraph> 78*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156180" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="30"><link href="text/shared/01/05030600.xhp" name="Background tab page"><emph>Background</emph> tab page</link></paragraph> 79*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7601245" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/guide/format_table.xhp">Formatting Spreadsheets</link></paragraph> 80*cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 81*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 82*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>