Changing the color and background of a table

You can change the color or background image of a table or individual cells in the table, and make it different than the background of the rest of the page.

Note Some browsers may ignore cells with no elements. Therefore, some cells may not display background color settings.

For more information about setting the background of the rest of the page, see Setting the color and background of your Web page.

To change the color of a table, individual cells, or a row of cells:

1. Select the table or cell you wish to change.
   
2. Open the Table Object Editor.
   
3. Click the Table tab if you're changing the color of a table or the Cells tab if you're changing the color of individual cells.
   
4. Place the pointer over the Table Color, Cell Color, or Row Color box and hold the mouse button down until the pop-up color palette appears.
   
   Note You can change the default color palette that appears. For information on how to do this, see Changing the default color palette display.
   
5. Select the color you want for the table or table cell.
   
   A color set for an individual cell overrides the row or table colors.
   

To change the background image of a table or individual cell:

1. Select the table or cell you wish to change.
   
2. Open the Table Object Editor.
   
3. Click the Table tab if you're changing the background of a table or the Cells tab if you're changing the background of an individual cell.
   
4. Click the Table Image Set or Cell Image Set button.
   
5. In the Open dialog box, select the image file and click Open.