<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>A quick way to format a sheet or a cell range is offered by the AutoFormat function. In your spreadsheet first select the cells to which you want to apply AutoFormatting, including the column and row headers and any sum rows or columns. At least 3x3 cells must be selected before this command can be chosen. Then open the <span class="T1">AutoFormat</span> dialog by choosing <span class="T1">Format - AutoFormat</span>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="20" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The preview shows an example of how each format you select in the <span class="T1">Format</span> field will look. Click OK to apply the format to the selected range of cells.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you do not see any change in color of the cell contents, then under <span class="T1">Tools - Options - Spreadsheet - View - Display</span> or in the <span class="T1">View</span> menu, you may still have <span class="T1">Value highlighting</span> marked. In this case default colors will be used.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="22" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>A format that you define yourself can be set as an AutoFormat:</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="23" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Format a spreadsheet to your liking.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="24" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Select the whole sheet, for example, by clicking the empty button in the top left corner (above the first row header).</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="25" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Call up the <span class="T1">AutoFormat</span> dialog and click <span class="T1">Add</span>. A dialog appears in which you give the new format a name.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="26" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The new format can then be used in other spreadsheets.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="27" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Use the <span class="T1">More</span> button to display additional options in the dialog. In the additional section that is then displayed, you can choose which properties of the chosen format are to be excluded from the automatic formatting. For example, if you remove the check mark in front of <span class="T1">Font</span>, the font will not be taken into account by the AutoFormat.</p>