Patterns

The Pattern tab lets you specify the fill colour, pattern colour and fill pattern for selected cell/s.

The functionality described in this topic is similar to the formatting options available in an MS Excel spreadsheet.

You can access pattern formatting (while in design mode) by:

•	selecting Format > Pattern.

•	right-clicking cell/s and selecting Format Cells. Then click the Patterns tab.

•	clicking Pattern on the Format toolbar.

The table below describes the options available in the Patterns tab:

Option	Description
Fill Color	Lets you select the colour for the background of selected cell/s.
Fill Pattern	Lets you select the pattern for the foreground of selected cell/s.
Pattern Color	Lets you select the colour for the pattern that you selected.
Sample	Displays a preview of the pattern that you specified.

Once you have set the pattern formatting that you want to use, you can click Repeat Pattern on the Format toolbar to use the last pattern that you specified.