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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149346"><bookmark_value>backgrounds; defining colors/pictures</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>paragraphs; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text;  backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>colors; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pictures; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pages; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>tables; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>watermarks</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>adding;backgrounds</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149346" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="background"><link href="text/shared/guide/background.xhp" name="Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">You can define a background color or use a graphic as a background for various objects in $[officename].</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147653" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Applying a Background To Text Characters</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Select the characters.</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155390" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Choose <emph>Format - Character</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Click the <emph>Background</emph> tab, select the background color.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153541" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Applying a Background To a Paragraph</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Place the cursor in the paragraph or select several paragraphs.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3158430" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Choose <emph>Format - Paragraph</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151245" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">On the <emph>Background</emph> tab page, select the background color or a background graphic.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149294" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="11">Applying a Background To All or Part of a Text Table</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Place the cursor in the table in your text document.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="13">Choose <emph>Table - Table Properties</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">On the <emph>Background</emph> tab page, select the background color or a background graphic.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">In the <emph>For</emph> box, choose whether the color or graphic should apply to the current cell, the current row or the whole table. If you select several cells or rows before opening the dialog, the change applies to the selection.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="31">Applying a Background to Parts of a Text Table Using an Icon</paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">To apply a background color to cells, select the cells and click the color on the <emph>Background Color</emph> toolbar.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">To apply a background color to a text paragraph within a cell, place the cursor into the text paragraph, then click the color on the <emph>Background Color </emph>toolbar.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3144760" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="16">Applying a Background To a $[officename] Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155429" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Select the cells.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Choose <emph>Format - Cells</emph> (or <emph>Format Cells</emph> from the context menu).</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">On the <emph>Background</emph> tab page, select the background color.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="20">Graphics in the Background of Cells</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">Choose <emph>Insert - Picture - From File</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Select the graphic and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153575" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="24">Graphic in the Background of Printed Pages (Watermark)</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Choose <emph>Format - Page</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149581" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">On the <emph>Background</emph> tab page, select a background color or a background graphic.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154097" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">This background appears only in the print behind the cells not formatted elsewhere.</paragraph>
</listitem>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150592" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="28"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">Applying Backgrounds To Presentation Pages 
</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">See <embedvar href="text/simpress/guide/background.xhp#background"/>. 
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10A56" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/02/02160000.xhp">Highlighting icon</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156180" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30"><link href="text/shared/01/05030600.xhp" name="Background tab page"><emph>Background</emph> tab page</link></paragraph>
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