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38 <topic id="textscalcguideautoformatxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
39 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using AutoFormat for Tables</title>
40 <filename>/text/scalc/guide/autoformat.xhp</filename>
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43 <body>
44 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155132"><bookmark_value>tables; AutoFormat function</bookmark_value>
45 <bookmark_value>defining;AutoFormat function for tables</bookmark_value>
46 <bookmark_value>AutoFormat function;defining and applying formats</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>formats; automatically formatting spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark_value>automatic formatting in spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
49 <bookmark_value>sheets;AutoFormat function</bookmark_value>
50 </bookmark><comment>MW deleted "applying;"</comment>
51 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155132" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"
52 oldref="11"><variable id="autoformat"><link href="text/scalc/guide/autoformat.xhp" name="Using AutoFormat for Tables">Applying Automatic Formatting to a Selected Cell Range</link>
53 </variable></paragraph>
54 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149401" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="12">You can use the AutoFormat feature to quickly apply a format to a sheet or a selected cell range.</paragraph>
55 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10702" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Apply an AutoFormat to a Sheet or Selected Cell Range</paragraph>
56 <list type="ordered">
57 <listitem>
58 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106CE" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the cells, including the column and row headers, that you want to format.</paragraph>
59 </listitem>
60 <listitem>
61 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D5" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - AutoFormat</item>.</paragraph>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151242" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="27">To select which properties to include in an AutoFormat, click <emph>More</emph>.</paragraph>
65 </listitem>
66 <listitem>
67 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10715" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
68 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1075D" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The format is applied to the selected range of cells.</paragraph>
69 </listitem>
70 </list>
71 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149210" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="14">If you do not see any change in color of the cell contents, choose <item type="menuitem">View - Value Highlighting</item>.</paragraph>
72 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155379" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U"
73 oldref="22">To Define an AutoFormat for Spreadsheets</paragraph>
74 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148868" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="26">You can define a new AutoFormat that is available to all spreadsheets.</paragraph>
75 <list type="ordered">
76 <listitem>
77 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152985" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="23">Format a sheet.</paragraph>
78 </listitem>
79 <listitem>
80 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145384" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="24">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Select All</item>.</paragraph>
81 </listitem>
82 <listitem>
83 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153815" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="25">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - AutoFormat</item>.</paragraph>
84 </listitem>
85 <listitem>
86 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107A9" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Add</emph>.</paragraph>
87 </listitem>
88 <listitem>
89 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10760" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Name</emph> box of the <emph>Add AutoFormat</emph> dialog, enter a name for the format.</paragraph>
90 </listitem>
91 <listitem>
92 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107C3" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
93 </listitem>
94 </list>
95 <section id="relatedtopics">
96 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159203" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="28"><link href="text/scalc/01/05110000.xhp" name="Format - AutoFormat">Format - AutoFormat</link></paragraph>
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