Adding cell background color

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.
The file contains a table.

Your need

You need to set background color on table cells.

The possibility

It is possible to set background color on one or several table cells at a time.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to set background color in a table cell.

The result

This is the content before setting background color in a table cell:

This is the content after setting background color in a table cell:

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Overall steps

Open the file, then set background color in a table cell in your file content.

Time

1 minute

Procedure

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, select one or several table cells.

3. On the top toolbar, click Format > Background.

A color palette opens.

4. Select a color from the palette or the displayed color space. In the upper right corner, you can also move the sliders up/down to change the color and transparency.

The text box in the upper left corner is updated accordingly with the hexadecimal color code.

The color code is also displayed in the box in the lower-left corner.

5. To see the selected color in:

RGBA code, click RGBA.
HSLA code, click HSLA.
HSVA code, click HSVA.
CMYK code, click CMYK.

6. Click Set.

The selected color is set as the background color in the table cell(s).

Alternative procedure: Adding cell background color using the td toolbar

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, right-click a table cell.

A pop-up list opens.

3. In the pop-up list, select the td icon.

The td toolbar opens.

4. On the td toolbar, click Format > Background.

A color palette opens.

5. Select a color from the palette or the displayed color space. In the upper right corner, you can also move the sliders up/down to change the color and transparency.

The text box in the upper left corner is updated accordingly with the hexadecimal color code.

The color code is also displayed in the box in the lower-left corner.

6. To see the selected color in:

RGBA code, click RGBA.
HSLA code, click HSLA.
HSVA code, click HSVA.
CMYK code, click CMYK.

7. Click Set.

The selected color is set as the background color in the table cell.