To choose the size of the font, click the arrow next to the Font Size box
on the Formatting toolbar. For other formatting, you can use the Bold,
Italic, or Underline icons.
To choose a font color, click the arrow next to
the Font Color icon to display a color palette.
Click on the required color.
(To define custom colors, use Tools > Options
> OpenOffice.org > Colors. Ssee Appendix D
of the
Calc Guid
e.)
To specify the language of the cell (useful
because it allows different languages to exist in
the same document and be spell checked
correctly), use the
Font
tab of the Format Cells
dialog. Use the
Font Effects
tab to set other font
characteristics. See Chapter 10 of the
Calc
Guide
for more information.
Formatting the cell borders
To quickly choose a line style and color for the borders of a cell, click
the small arrows next to the Line Style and Line Color icons on the
Formatting toolbar. In each case, a palette of choices is displayed.
For more control, including the spacing between the cell borders and
the text, use the
Borders
tab of the Format Cells dialog. There you can
also define a shadow. See Chapter 10 of the
Calc Guide
for details.
Note
The cell border properties apply to a cell, and can only be
changed if you are editing that cell. For example, if cell C3 has
a top border (which would be equivalent visually to a bottom
border on C2), that border can only be removed by selecting
C3. It cannot be removed in C2.
Formatting the cell background
To quickly choose a background color for a cell, click the small arrow
next to the Background Color icon on the Formatting toolbar. A palette
of color choices, similar to the Font Color palette, is displayed.
(To define custom colors, use Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org >
Colors. See Appendix D for more information.)
You can also use the
Background
tab of the Format Cells dialog. See
Chapter 10 of the
Calc Guide
for details.
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