Joined: Jul 18, 2008 Posts: 2 Location: Normandy, France
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:20 am Post subject: Shading table cells in Writer
Hi,
As a brand new convert to the world of Macs after using PCs for 18 years, I've already started using NeoOffice - and I have to say that I'm pretty impressed so far.
I have a question about working in tables in Writer. In MS Word, when you want to apply shading to a row in a table, you select Tables > Borders and Shading > Shading, then select the fill colour you want. Easy as that. I can't find a similar option in Writer. The closest I've come is to select the row I want to shade, then go to Format > Paragraph, click on the Background tab and select the colour I want. However, this seems to leave a white margin around the edge of each cell. (What I want is to solidly shade an entire row or column.)
First, if it isn't already enabled, enable the Background Colour button in your Formatting toolbar (the one with the Font dropdown in it) by clicking on the little down arrow at the far right of the toolbar, choosing Visible Buttons and checking Background Colour (it's 5th from the bottom).
Then select your row or column or cells, click on that toolbar button and assign your colour.
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