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Using Tones
To add interest
to your spreadsheet
presentation,
use tones or shades
of gray
for the following
elements
in a spreadsheet:
•
Text
•
Background
• Cell borders
• To change
the text tones:
1. Select
the cells that contain
the text to which
you want
to apply
different
tones.
2. Select
Text Tone
from
the Properties
menu.
A dialog
box appears.
3. Fill in the dialog
box:
•
% Shaded.
Select
the percent
shading
for the text tone. The lower
the number,
the more
faded
the tone. By default,
this setting
is 100. If
Unfdled
is selected,
this attribute
is set to zero (0).
.
•
Tone
Tools.
Select
the text tone from the tone palette.
Click Apply. The dialog
box remains
on the screen
until you close it so that
you can
change
the tone of different
text selections.
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•To
change the tone of the background:
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1. Select
the cells for whida____r__ou want
to, change
the background
tone.
tone to white and the
2. Select
Text Background
Tone
from the Properties
menu. A dialog
box
text tone to black,
the cell enMes will
appear as black text
on a white
background.
.
appears.
Fill in the dialog box:
•
Filled or Unfilled.
Select Filled to set other options
in this dialog
box. By default, the text background
tone is unfilled.
.
•
% Shaded.
Select
the percent
shading
for the text background
tone.
The lower
the number,
the more
faded
the tone.
A setting
of zero (0)
causes
the text to disappear.
By default,
this setting
is 100.
•
Tone
Tools.
Select
the text background
tone from the tone palette.
Click on Apply.
The dialog
box remains
on the screen
unta you close
it so
that you
can change
the background
tone of different
cell selections.
• To change
the tone of cell borders:
If you have
added
cell borders,
you can change
the tone
of those
borders.
1. Select the cells for which you want borders.
2. Select Border Tone from the Properties
menu. A dialog box appears.
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