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Re: Cell Format - Output Cell, Format Change After Evaluation

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg45449] Re: Cell Format - Output Cell, Format Change After Evaluation
• From: Tom Burton <tburton at brahea.com>
• Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:31:14 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi,

Two hints.

(1) Format the cell the way you want it, then Show Expression to see what
options to use.

(2) StylePrint, not StyleForm.

So,

StylePrint[expr, CellFrame -> True, Background -> GrayLevel[0.833326]]

Tom

On 1/6/04 8:25 PM, in article btg8pc$8v1$1 at smc.vnet.net, "bcd"
<bcdetterich at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> After Evaluating an Input Cell, I change the Output Cell Background by
> selecting the output cell and use Format-Background Color- Cell Gray Box to
> highlight the results.
> 
> If I reevaluate the input, the output format reverts to no background.
> 
> How do I force the Output Cell resulting from a specific Input Cell to
> always have the desired background color?
> 
> I thought it might be StyleForm, but so far that's a bust.
> 
> I'm obviously missing something, but reviewing The Book, Help, Option
> Inspector, etc. haven't yielded anything obvious to my poor simple (and
> rapidly aging) mind.