Color Drag/Drop

You can now drag and drop colors directly from the Colors palette to table row/column selection buttons, to apply the colors and shading to rows or columns. Using drag/drop is equivalent to applying colors and shading from the Selected Cell Style dialog.

1. If the Colors palette is not already showing, open it from the View menu.

2. If you want to apply a background shade at the same time, select the desired shading value from the popup menu in the palette, or enter a value in the edit box. It does not matter whether the palette is set to apply to frame, text, or background; but note that by choosing a new shade setting you also are modifying the currently activated cell.

3. To apply a color to a single row or column, drag the color from the palette to the adjacent selection button. To apply to a range of rows or columns, drag the color across the range of selection buttons. To apply a color to the entire table, drag the color to the corner selection button. If you hold down the Option key at the same time, the shading value you selected will also be applied; otherwise, only the color will be applied.