You may have already looked at how to add background color in cells in an earlier tutorial. If not, the process will be repeated and several examples how how you might choose to use color in your spreadsheets will be explored.
First, let's look at the process of filling a cell's background with color.
First you should select the cell(s) that you wish to fill in a background color.
Then
you should find the Fill Color button. It is the button
with the "paint bucket" icon.
The
choice of buttons is given by selecting the down-arrow
to the right side of the Color Fill button. Note the No Fill
selection is used when you wish to revert the background color to its former
state.
Once you select a color, the target group of cells will have have a background color of whichever color you selected.
That's all there is to the process! The rest of the use of colored backgrounds will depend on your creativity and planning.
We provide some examples to "prime the pump" of your creativity.
You could use a "border" around your project to set it apart from the actual spreadsheet work. Excel will support color printing if you have a color printer. If not, the colors will appear as different shades of gray.
Sample 1
You might wish to highlight in color selected parts of your spreadsheet such as a heading.
Sample 2
The use of color may be totally aesthetic or it could be functional in drawing the viewers attention to color-coded sections of your work. Unlock your creativity and see if the use of background colors enhance your forms.