1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textscalcguidebackgroundxhp" indexer="include"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/scalc/guide/background.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149346"><bookmark_value>spreadsheets; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>backgrounds;cell ranges</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>tables; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>cells; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>rows, see also cells</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>columns, see also cells</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph><comment>MW created this file from splitting shared/guide/background.xhp</comment> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3144760" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="16">Applying a Background Color to a $[officename] Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155429" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="17">Select the cells.</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146974" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="20">Graphics in the Background of Cells</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155414" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">Choose <emph>Insert - Picture - From File</emph>.</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149664" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="22">Select the graphic and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</caseinline><defaultinline>Navigator</defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <section id="relatedtopics"> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id51576" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/background.xhp">Watermarks</link></paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <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> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7601245" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/guide/format_table.xhp">Formatting Spreadsheets</link></paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>