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<a name="background"></a>Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics
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<p id="par_id7355265" class="paragraph" dir="auto">You can define a background color or use a graphic as a background for various objects in LibreOffice Writer.</p>
<h2 id="hd_id3147653" dir="auto">To Apply a Background To Text Characters</h2>
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<p id="par_id3153665" class="listitem" dir="auto">Click the <span class="emph">Highlighting</span> tab, select the background color.</p>
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<p id="par_id3145119" class="listitem" dir="auto">Place the cursor in the paragraph or select several paragraphs.</p>
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<p id="par_id3158430" class="listitem" dir="auto">Choose <span class="emph">Format - Paragraph</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id3151245" class="listitem" dir="auto">On the <span class="emph">Area</span> tab page, select the background color or a background graphic.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id0104201010554939" dir="auto">To select an object in the background, hold down the <span id="swlnsystextswriterguidebackgroundxhp_1" class="switchinline"><span hidden="true" id="MACtextswriterguidebackgroundxhp_1" class="MAC">Command</span><span hidden="true" id="defaulttextswriterguidebackgroundxhp_1">Ctrl</span></span> key and click the object. Alternatively, use the Navigator to select the object.</p></div>
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<h2 id="hd_id3149294" dir="auto">To Apply a Background To All or Part of a Table</h2>
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<p id="par_id3154346" class="listitem" dir="auto">Place the cursor in the table in your text document.</p>
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<p id="par_id3148664" class="listitem" dir="auto">Choose <span class="menuitem">Table - Properties</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id3154938" class="listitem" dir="auto">On the <span class="emph">Background</span> tab page, select the background color or a background graphic.</p>
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<p id="par_id3156280" class="listitem" dir="auto">In the <span class="emph">For</span> box, choose whether the color or graphic should apply to the current cell, the current row or the whole table. If you select several cells or rows before opening the dialog, the change applies to the selection.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="hd_id3151041" dir="auto">You may also use an icon to apply a background to table parts.</p></div>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id3150767" dir="auto">To apply a background color to cells, select the cells and use the <span class="emph">Table Cell Background Color</span> button dropdown on the <span class="emph">Table</span> toolbar.</p></div>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id3147084" dir="auto">To apply a background color to a text paragraph within a cell, place the cursor into the text paragraph and then use the <span class="emph">Background Color</span> dropdown button on the <span class="emph">Formatting</span> toolbar.</p></div>
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