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Now let's add some color and format the text.
13
On the
Design
tool tab, in the
Themes
group, click the
Themes
button, and in the
gallery, click the
Whisp
thumbnail.
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Although nothing much appears to change, the report has taken on the color
scheme and font scheme assigned to the selected theme.
14
Inside the shaded area of the report header, but away from the title, click a blank
area. On the
Format
tool tab, in the
Control Formatting
group, click the
Shape Fill
button. Then in the
Theme Colors
palette, click the third swatch in the third column
row (
Light Green, Background 2, Darker 25%
).
By default, alternate group headers are a different color, which confuses rather than
clarifies the report structure. Let's turn off this alternate row color.
15
Click outside the dotted border to the left of the first group header. In the
Background
group, click the
Alternate Row Color
arrow, and in the menu, below the palettes, click
No Color
.
5
16
In the
Control Formatting
group, click the
Shape Fill
button, and in the
Theme
Colors
palette, click a light orange color. (We chose the third swatch in the sixth
column:
Orange, Accent 2, Lighter 60%.
)
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The entire group header is shaded except the alphabet controls (A, B, C, and so
on) that you moved earlier. If you want them to be shaded, select one of them and
repeat step 16 to apply the light orange fill.
17
Click outside the dotted border to the left of the first row of data in the report, and
remove the alternate row color of the data rows. Then click the white space above
the report header to verify that only the backgrounds of the report header and
group headers are now colored.
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In Layout view, the only places you can click that don't select at least one object
are above the first object and below the last object.
