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38 <topic id=
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"include">
39 <title xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"tit">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics
</title>
40 <filename>/text/scalc/guide/background.xhp
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44 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3149346"><bookmark_value>spreadsheets; backgrounds
</bookmark_value>
45 <bookmark_value>backgrounds;cell ranges
</bookmark_value>
46 <bookmark_value>tables; backgrounds
</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>cells; backgrounds
</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark_value>rows, see also cells
</bookmark_value>
49 <bookmark_value>columns, see also cells
</bookmark_value>
51 <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
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52 </variable></paragraph><comment>MW created this file from splitting shared/guide/background.xhp
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53 <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>
54 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id3144760" role=
"heading" level=
"2" l10n=
"U"
55 oldref=
"16">Applying a Background Color to a $[officename] Calc Spreadsheet
</paragraph>
58 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3155429" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"17">Select the cells.
</paragraph>
61 <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>
64 <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>
67 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id3146974" role=
"heading" level=
"2" l10n=
"U"
68 oldref=
"20">Graphics in the Background of Cells
</paragraph>
71 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3155414" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"21">Choose
<emph>Insert - Picture - From File
</emph>.
</paragraph>
74 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id3149664" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"22">Select the graphic and click
<emph>Open
</emph>.
</paragraph>
75 <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>
76 </caseinline><defaultinline>Navigator
</defaultinline></switchinline>.
</paragraph>
79 <section id=
"relatedtopics">
80 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id51576" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/guide/background.xhp">Watermarks
</link></paragraph>
81 <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>
82 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7601245" role=
"paragraph" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/scalc/guide/format_table.xhp">Formatting Spreadsheets
</link></paragraph>