1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3<!--*********************************************************** 4 * 5 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7 * distributed with this work for additional information 8 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12 * 13 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14 * 15 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20 * under the License. 21 * 22 ***********************************************************--> 23 24<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25<meta> 26<topic id="textscalcguidebackgroundxhp" indexer="include"> 27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</title> 28<filename>/text/scalc/guide/background.xhp</filename> 29</topic> 30</meta> 31<body> 32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149346"> 33<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 34<bookmark_value>backgrounds;cell ranges</bookmark_value> 35<bookmark_value>tables; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 36<bookmark_value>cells; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 37<bookmark_value>rows, see also cells</bookmark_value> 38<bookmark_value>columns, see also cells</bookmark_value> 39</bookmark> 40<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> 41</variable></paragraph><comment>MW created this file from splitting shared/guide/background.xhp</comment> 42<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> 43<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3144760" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 44oldref="16">Applying a Background Color to a $[officename] Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph> 45<list type="ordered"> 46<listitem> 47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155429" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="17">Select the cells.</paragraph> 48</listitem> 49<listitem> 50<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> 51</listitem> 52<listitem> 53<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> 54</listitem> 55</list> 56<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146974" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 57oldref="20">Graphics in the Background of Cells</paragraph> 58<list type="ordered"> 59<listitem> 60<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155414" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">Choose <emph>Insert - Picture - From File</emph>.</paragraph> 61</listitem> 62<listitem> 63<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149664" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="22">Select the graphic and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph> 64<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> 65</caseinline><defaultinline>Navigator</defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph> 66</listitem> 67</list> 68<section id="relatedtopics"> 69<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id51576" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/background.xhp">Watermarks</link></paragraph> 70<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> 71<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7601245" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/guide/format_table.xhp">Formatting Spreadsheets</link></paragraph> 72</section> 73</body> 74</helpdocument> 75