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| <topic id="textscalcguideformat_tablexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> |
| <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Formatting Spreadsheets</title> |
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| <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154125"><bookmark_value>text in cells; formatting</bookmark_value> |
| <bookmark_value>spreadsheets;formatting</bookmark_value> |
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| <bookmark_value>borders;cells and pages</bookmark_value> |
| <bookmark_value>formatting;spreadsheets</bookmark_value> |
| <bookmark_value>numbers; formatting options for selected cells</bookmark_value> |
| <bookmark_value>cells; number formats</bookmark_value> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154125" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="6"><variable id="format_table"><link href="text/scalc/guide/format_table.xhp" name="Designing Spreadsheets">Formatting Spreadsheets</link> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153912" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="13">Formatting Text in a Spreadsheet </paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3144772" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Select the text you want to format.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155268" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="15">Choose the desired text attributes from the <emph>Formatting </emph>Bar. You can also choose <emph>Format - Cells</emph>. The <emph>Format Cells</emph> dialog will appear in which you can choose various text attributes on the <emph>Font</emph> tab page.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149899" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="16">Formatting Numbers in a Spreadsheet</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159226" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Select the cells containing the numbers you want to format.</paragraph> |
| </listitem> |
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| <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150046" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">To format numbers in the default currency format or as percentages, use the icons on the <emph>Formatting </emph>Bar. For other formats, choose <emph>Format - Cells</emph>. You can choose from the preset formats or define your own on the <emph>Numbers</emph> tab page.</paragraph> |
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| </list> |
| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153483" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Formatting Borders and Backgrounds for Cells and Pages</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154733" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">You can assign a format to any group of cells by first selecting the cells (for multiple selection, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command </caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl </defaultinline></switchinline>key when clicking), and then activating the <emph>Format Cells</emph> dialog in <item type="menuitem">Format - Cell</item>. In this dialog, you can select attributes such as shadows and backgrounds.</paragraph> |
| </listitem> |
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| <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145116" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">To apply formatting attributes to an entire sheet, choose <emph>Format - Page</emph>. You can define headers and footers, for example, to appear on each printed page.</paragraph> |
| </listitem> |
| </list> |
| <paragraph role="note" id="par_id3145389" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="22">An image that you have loaded with <item type="menuitem">Format - Page - Background</item> is only visible in print or in the page preview. To display a background image on screen as well, insert the graphic image by choosing <item type="menuitem">Insert - Picture - From File</item> and arrange the image behind the cells by choosing <item type="menuitem">Format - Arrange - To Background</item>. Use the <link href="text/scalc/01/02110000.xhp" name="Navigator">Navigator</link> to select the background image.</paragraph> |
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| <embed href="text/scalc/guide/autoformat.xhp#autoformat"/> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2837916" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/01/05020300.xhp">Number Formatting Options</link></paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2614215" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/guide/background.xhp">Backgrounds for Cells</link></paragraph> |
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