where cell_range describes the table cells to be modified, and color_arg specifies the color to be applied to the text in the cells. See Table::setfillcolor for the syntax for cell_range and color_arg.

To set an orange text color for the cell in the second row and sixth column of TAB1, you may use:

You may also specify a blue color for the text in an entire column, or an entire row,

or a green color for the text in cells in a rectangular region:

You may also conditionally set the text color for a range of cells. For example, cell d3 will be set to red if cell b4 plus c4 is greater than cell d4 minus e4, and similarly for cells d4 to d18.

This also works for fixed columns and rows. To set the text color for the cells a13 to b18 to red if the matching cells from the fixed column B (cells b4 to b9) are greater than 0.5:

This sets the text color for the cells e13 to f18 to orange if the matching cells from fixed row 4 (cells b4 to c4) are greater than 0.5. Specifically, the text color of cells e13 through e18 will be orange if cell b4 is greater than 0.5, and the text color of cells f13 through f18 will be orange if cell c4 is greater than 0.5:

See Table::setfont and Table::setfillcolor for details on changing the text font and cell background color.

For additional discussion of table commands see “Working with Tables and Spreadsheets”.

See also “Table and Text Objects” for a discussion and examples of table formatting in EViews.