Change the color of the sheet tab

By default, the tab for a new sheet has no color. To change the color of the tab, do the following:

1.Right-click the sheet tab.

2.Select Change tab color from the context menu.

3.In the color selection pane that opens, specify the color in one of the following ways:

•Choose a color from one of the color sets provided.

•Specify the color code manually.

•Copy the color using the eyedropper.

Choose a color from the color sets provided

The following colors sets are available in the color selection pane:

–Theme colors: This block contains the color palette of the current document's theme.

–Standard colors: This block contains the colors that users most often choose when formatting a document.

–Recent colors: This block contains up to the last ten colors that you selected when formatting the document earlier. The Recent colors set is displayed if you have selected at least one color.

Hovering the mouse cursor over any color displays the value of that color in the RGB color model. For example, RGB 192,80,77.

Left-click a color to select it.

Specify the color code manually

If you do not find a suitable color in the sets of the color selection pane, you can specify its code manually:

1.Click More colors in the color selection pane.

2.In the Select color window that appears, specify the desired color as a HEX code or in RGB format.

3.Click OK.

Copy the color with an eyedropper

You can use the eyedropper to simultaneously copy a color from a text or object located in the main window's workspace and apply that color to the sheet tab.

To copy a color using the eyedropper, follow these steps:

1.Click  Eyedropper in the color selection pane. The pane will close and the cursor will look like a crosshair for color selection.

2.Hover your cursor over the color you want to apply to the tab. For more accurate color selection, refer to the area to the right of the cursor. It displays the color of the pixel that the cursor is currently hovering over.

3.Left-click the color.

If you want to disable the eyedropper without selecting a color, press Esc.

Reset the tab color

To reset the color of the tab, do the following:

1.Right-click the sheet tab.

2.Select Change tab color from the context menu.

3.In the color selection pane that opens, click No color.