Area tab /text/shared/01/05210100.xhp
areas; styles fill patterns for areas fill colors for areas invisible areas

Area

Set the fill options for the selected drawing object. This is not only for drawing objects, but pages, paragraphs and others too. Need better wording
You can add custom colors, gradients, hatchings, two color patterns and bitmap patterns to the default lists for later use.

Cell, Row or Table background selector

Select the table object which background area is to be filled.

None

Do not fill the selected object.

Gradient

Fills the object with a gradient selected on this page.

Bitmap

Fills the object with a bitmap pattern selected on this page. To add a bitmap to the list, open this dialog, click the Bitmaps tab, and then click Add / Import. TODO: write a page about the Pattern tab

Pattern

Fills the object with a simple two color pattern selected on this page.

Hatch

Fills the object with a hatching pattern selected on this page. You can quickly select fill options from the list boxes on the Drawing Object Properties toolbar. TODO: This para doesn't belong here anymore, but as several places include it, can't remove yet. Find a better place for it in a later commit. Select the type of fill that you want to apply to the selected drawing object. Chart does not have an Apply button