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Highlighting cells

Graham Lee _UK_
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August 29, 2025

Hiya, what's happened to ability to highlight table cells in Confluence? I can't see them now, for some reason, though option appeared yesterday.

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Marc - Devoteam
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August 29, 2025

Hi @Graham Lee _UK_ 

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Steps to Change Cell Background Color

  1. Click: inside the table cell you wish to color to activate the table toolbar.
  2. Click: the "Change cell color" button on the toolbar.
  3. Select: the color you want to apply.
  4. Repeat: for other cells or select an entire row or column to change multiple cells at once.
Barbara Szczesniak
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August 29, 2025

@Graham Lee _UK_ If @Marc - Devoteam's answer is not clear enough for you, see the responses on this similar question asked yesterday, which contains screenshots: https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Confluence-questions/Where-is-the-option-to-change-the-color-of-a-table-cell-with-the/qaq-p/3098836 

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Graham Lee _UK_
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August 29, 2025

Thanks @Barbara Szczesniak I can see it now. There used to be a toolbar thing at the bottom giving you the option to apply the background colour so I was just a bit nonplussed for a minute when that seemed to disappear. Makes sense to do it from the cell or highlighted cells.

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