Operation Manual

514 | Corel DESIGNER X7 User Guide
To add a background color to a table
1
Click the Table tool , and then click the table.
2 Click the Background color picker, and then click a color on the color palette.
You can also modify the background color of specific cells, rows, or columns by selecting the cells, clicking the Background color
picker on the property bar, and then clicking a color on the color palette.
Importing tables in a drawing
With Corel DESIGNER, you can create tables by importing content from Quattro Pro® (.qpw) and Microsoft Excel (.xls) spreadsheets. You can
also import tables created in a word-processing application, such as WordPerfect or Microsoft Word.
To import a table from Quattro Pro or Excel
1
Click File Import.
2 Choose the drive and folder where the spreadsheet is stored.
3 Click the file to select it.
4 Click Import.
The Import/Paste dialog box appears.
5 From the Import tables as list box, choose Tables.
6 Choose one of the following options:
• Maintain fonts and formatting — imports all fonts and formatting that are applied to the text
• Maintain formatting only — imports all formatting that is applied to the text
• Discard fonts and formatting — ignores all fonts and formatting that are applied to the text
To import a table from a word-processing document
1
Click File Import.
2 Choose the drive and folder where the text file is stored.
3 Click the file.
4 Click Import.
5 From the Import tables as list box, choose Tables.
6 Choose one of the following options:
• Maintain fonts and formatting — imports all fonts and formatting that are applied to the text
• Maintain formatting only — imports all formatting that is applied to the text
• Discard fonts and formatting — ignores all fonts and formatting that are applied to the text
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