Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 16642
Allow patterns as cells background
Last modified: 2015-09-26 16:08:48 UTC
I do think it is important that Calc allows patterns as cells background. Indeed, it is very often used, in particular in environments that only have B&W printers. Here where I work, it's widely used and people don't understand why their patterns are lost when they import their documents in Calc. So far, what is done by Clac when importing a document with patterns as cells background is to replace the pattern with a more or less light grey color as cells background. It's not bad but the problem is that it uses _a lot_ of ink/toner. Thanks for all that you've done so far... keep up the good work !
Hi Bettina, one4you
Summary: Allow patterns as cell background. This issue is considered for OO.o later.
*** Issue 22153 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
*** Issue 34534 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
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*** Issue 61907 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".
Issue 69092 requests the possibility to set a background image to a cell, and it is suggested to join that request to this one. However it is not commented in this issue; I suggest to add it to this requirement.
Patterns and lines as cell backgrounds in OO Calc is widespread with most office suites. This is currently used for dividing areas in tables, etc. Not allowing this forces new users to re-design their saved spreadsheets.