Creating new cell patterns

[TimGoose]

Can anyone tell me if it it possible to create new patterns for use as the background for Excel cells? I have read Andy Pope's article on the subject, but as far as I can see that only applies to Shapes, not cell backgrounds.

Thanks

Tim

 

[GlennUK]

Do you mean sheet background, as in Format/Sheet/Background?

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[TimGoose]

Sorry, my mistake for not being specific enough.

I am running Excel 2007. What I would like to be able to do is:

a) Select a cell
b) Go Format, Format Cells, 'Fill' Tab, 'Pattern Style' dropdown
c) Add styles here of my own devising.

Is it possible to create these styles (for instance in Paint or something similar) and add them so that Excel can use them a a cell fill pattern?

Thanks

 

[xlhelp]

If Iam not mistaken, the only way is to add it as a picture from a file. That would probably mean huge file sizes.

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