You can quickly customize the appearance of the spreadsheet component by applying a "skin" to it. A skin is simply a collection of appearance properties that apply to an entire component or to an individual sheet such as colors, grid lines, and whether to show headers. This saves you the time and effort of setting the properties individually. Spread includes several built-in skins that are ready for you to use. You can also create your own custom skin and save it so that you can use it in other Spread components for a common format. These tasks relate to setting the appearance of the overall component: