Re: [libreoffice-users] Cell style background colour

On 1/3/19 11:14 AM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> Inline post
>
> On 1/2/19 7:17 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> > Den tis 1 jan. 2019 kl 23:29 skrev Brian Barker 
> > <b.m.barker@btinternet.com>:
> >
> > > At 22:58 01/01/2019 +0100, you wrote:
> > > > ... I can't find how to add colours to the
> > > > background colour palette. In older LibreOffice
> > > > versions, or maybe it was even Apache
> > > > OpenOffice, I could add colours in Tools -> Options… -> somewhere, ...
> > > Yup: at Tools | Options... | LibreOffice | Colours.
> > Exactly, and it's gone now since version 5.something.
>
>      Colors can be added to the Custom pallet with colors you name. 
> These are available in Base, Impress, and Writer. Once you have 
> created and named them, they are available for Font colors and 
> Background colors in the Formatting toolbar in Calc.
>
>      I recommend you open a new document in Writer. Styles > Edit 
> Style. Click the Color Button. Select the RGB values you desire on the 
> right side of the dialog. Click the Pick button (bottom right). This 
> puts the new color in the Resent Colors box on the left side. Click 
> this color there and then click the Add button. Enter you color name 
> in the popup window and click OK.
>
>      There is a drop down list with the names of color pallets that 
> are available for your use. One of them in the Custom pallet.
>
> Dan

     Styles > Edit Style > Area is the correct path to take. (I forgot 
about "Area", sorry.)

Dan

> > > > ... but it seems to be removed. I miss quite a
> > > > few colours in the colour selection area in
> > > > (right click a style) -> Modify… -> Background
> > > > -> Background colour, so I want to add my own
> > > > and give them names (other than "#15a3b7" or
> > > > similar). I'm pretty sure I could do that in old
> > > > versions, and I guess it's still possible in
> > > > today's versions, I just seem to not being able
> > > > to figure out how… What am I missing here?
> > > The Getting Started Guide says "You can [...]
> > > change individual colors to your own taste. To do
> > > this, use the Area dialog by selecting Format >
> > > Area on the Menu bar or clicking the Area icon on
> > > the Sidebar, then selecting the Colors tab." (The
> > > Calc Guide - currently at 4.1 - does not appear to have caught up.)
> > >
> > > Does this not work?
> > Yes, but that was obviously not what I was asking for, that is change 
> > the
> > suggested colours in the modifying background colour of a style 
> > dialogue.
> >
> >
> > > I trust this helps.
> > But it didn't, since the answer was not related to my question (or 
> > maybe I
> > just didn't understand the answer).
> >
> >
> > > Brian Barker - privately

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