{"id":842,"date":"2012-10-16T13:12:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T13:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microsofttraining.net\/b\/exceltraining\/?p=842"},"modified":"2023-12-30T23:12:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T23:12:48","slug":"applying-a-background-to-an-excel-worksheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/applying-a-background-to-an-excel-worksheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying a background to an Excel worksheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a quick function to try out and can add a bit of fun to a worksheet.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m creating a worksheet listing different forms of marine life for a quiz for some children visiting the local aquarium.<\/p>\n<p>It will make the screen look more inviting if I have a photo behind the worksheet to go with the theme.<\/p>\n<p>I create a new file, and go to the <strong>Page Layout tab<\/strong>, and select<strong> background.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-844\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/exceltraining\/files\/2012\/10\/page-layout-tab-excel-courses.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/exceltraining\/files\/2012\/10\/page-layout-tab-excel-courses.png\" alt=\"page-layout-tab-excel-courses\" width=\"270\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Page Layout tab has the Background button&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I can select one of <em>Microsoft Pictures Library<\/em> to make this super-quick (the kids are waiting&#8230;)&#8230;brilliant, I&#8217;ve found a jellyfish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-843\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/exceltraining\/files\/2012\/10\/jellyfish-excel-courses.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/exceltraining\/files\/2012\/10\/jellyfish-excel-courses-300x188.png\" alt=\"jellyfish-excel-courses\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jumping jellyfish &#8211; that looks fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The background is quite dark, so I will change my <strong>font<\/strong> colour to silver using the <strong>Home tab\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-845\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/exceltraining\/files\/2012\/10\/font-colour-excel-courses.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/exceltraining\/files\/2012\/10\/font-colour-excel-courses.png\" alt=\"font-colour-excel-courses\" width=\"298\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Use the Home tab to change the font colour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The children may be a tad young to come along to Excel courses, but we can still help them learn about marine life by using Excel with our helpful little jellyfish.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/microsoft\/excel-training-london.php\">https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/microsoft\/excel-training-london.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a quick function to try out and can add a bit of fun to a worksheet. 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