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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149346"><bookmark_value>spreadsheets; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>backgrounds;cell ranges</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>tables; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>rows, see also cells</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>columns, see also cells</bookmark_value>
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<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>
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<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>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3144760" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U"
oldref="16">Applying a Background Color to a $[officename] Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155429" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="17">Select the cells.</paragraph>
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<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>
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<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>
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oldref="20">Graphics in the Background of Cells</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155414" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">Choose <emph>Insert - Picture - From File</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149664" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="22">Select the graphic and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph>
<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>
</caseinline><defaultinline>Navigator</defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id51576" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/background.xhp">Watermarks</link></paragraph>
<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>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7601245" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/guide/format_table.xhp">Formatting Spreadsheets</link></paragraph>
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