Changing a table’s properties

You can use the Properties tab to change the table’s properties, including its transparency, cell colour and line colour.

To change a table’s fill

1. Select a table, column, row, cell or selection of cells.

2. Press the table’s, column’s, row’s or cell’s menu arrow and then select Properties.

3. Press Fill Effects.

4. Select a fill style:

   Fill style	Procedure
   None (transparent)	Select No fill.
   Solid colour	Select Solid fill. Do one of the following: Select one of the 40 colours in the palette. Press More and then select a colour in the dialogue box. Press the eyedropper and then select a colour on the screen.
   Gradient of two colours	Select Gradient fill. For each colour, do one of the following: Select one of the 40 colours in the palette. Press More and then select a colour in the dialogue box. Press the eyedropper and then select a colour on the screen. Select an option in the Style drop-down list.
   Pattern	Select Pattern fill. Select a pattern.
   Picture	Select Image fill. Press Browse. Browse to and select the picture that you want to use as a background and then press Open. Note  If you insert a large picture, a dialogue box may appear and prompt you to either reduce the picture’s file size or retain the picture’s file size. For more information, see  Setting image optimisation preferences. Select Keep image size to keep the picture’s size, regardless of whether the picture is larger or smaller than the object. OR Select Scale image to fit to resize the picture to fit the object.

5. Optionally, drag the Object transparency slider to the right to make the table transparent.

To change a table’s line style

1. Select a table.

   Note 

   You can only change the line style of an entire table, not individual cells, columns or rows.

2. Press the table’s, column’s, row’s or cell’s menu arrow and then select Properties.

3. Press Line Style.

4. Change the table’s line style.

To change a table’s text style

1. Select a table, column, row, cell or selection of cells.

2. Press the table’s, column’s, row’s or cell’s menu arrow and then select Properties.

3. Press Text Style.

4. Change the table’s text style (see  Formatting text).