1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3 4 <!-- 5 * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. 6 * 7 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public 8 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this 9 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. 10 * 11 * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: 12 * 13 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 14 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed 15 * with this work for additional information regarding copyright 16 * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache 17 * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file 18 * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of 19 * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . 20 --> 21 22 <meta> 23 <topic id="textscalcguidebackgroundxhp" indexer="include"> 24 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</title> 25 <filename>/text/scalc/guide/background.xhp</filename> 26 </topic> 27 </meta> 28 <body> 29 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149346"> 30<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 31<bookmark_value>backgrounds;cell ranges</bookmark_value> 32<bookmark_value>tables; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 33<bookmark_value>cells; backgrounds</bookmark_value> 34<bookmark_value>rows, see also cells</bookmark_value> 35<bookmark_value>columns, see also cells</bookmark_value> 36 </bookmark> 37 <h1 id="hd_id3149346"><variable id="background"><link href="text/scalc/guide/background.xhp" name="Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</link> 38 </variable></h1><comment>MW created this file from splitting shared/guide/background.xhp</comment> 39 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9520249" role="paragraph">You can define a background color or use a graphic as a background for cell ranges in $[officename] Calc.</paragraph> 40 <h2 id="hd_id3144760">Applying a Background Color to a $[officename] Calc Spreadsheet</h2> 41 <list type="ordered"> 42 <listitem> 43 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155429" role="listitem">Select the cells.</paragraph> 44 </listitem> 45 <listitem> 46 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149260" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Format - Cells</emph> (or <emph>Format Cells</emph> from the context menu).</paragraph> 47 </listitem> 48 <listitem> 49 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152938" role="listitem">On the <emph>Background</emph> tab page, select the background color.</paragraph> 50 </listitem> 51 </list> 52 <h2 id="hd_id3146974">Graphics in the Background of Cells</h2> 53 <list type="ordered"> 54 <listitem> 55 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155414" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Insert - Image - From File</emph>.</paragraph> 56 </listitem> 57 <listitem> 58 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149664" role="listitem">Select the graphic and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph> 59 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153575" role="listitem">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 <menuitem>Arrange - To Background</menuitem> command to place this in the background. To select a graphic that has been placed in the background, use the <link href="text/scalc/01/02110000.xhp" name="Navigator">Navigator</link>.</paragraph> 60 </listitem> 61 </list> 62 <section id="relatedtopics"> 63 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id51576" role="paragraph"><link href="text/shared/guide/background.xhp">Watermarks</link></paragraph> 64 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156180" role="paragraph"><link href="text/shared/01/05210100.xhp" name="Background tab page"><emph>Background</emph> tab page</link></paragraph> 65 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7601245" role="paragraph"><link href="text/scalc/guide/format_table.xhp">Formatting Spreadsheets</link></paragraph> 66 </section> 67</body> 68</helpdocument> 69