I created a web part page and added the web part view for a custom list. I'd like to be able to change the font (color/size) and background color for the column header. Is there a simple way in SP Designer to do this? Or can someone at least provide me step-by-step instructions so I don't have to be an advanced web developer to do this.
There isn't an OOTB function for customizing column header fonts. You can change all sorts of stuff within the content area, but I've never actually seen someone request to change the column header fonts. What is leading to this requirement? I will ask some SPD MVP colleagues if such a thing can be done directly through SPD.
A web developer would not necessarily be able to do this either. You'd need a SharePoint Brander to customize page layouts and CSS.
In SDP2010 (only for SharePoint 2010), this is an OOTB feature and is very easy. It's only specific to that view, but it works nicely and can easily be done with full rich text editing on the column headers - I was just playing with it.
In 2007, a workaround would be to use a hidden Content Editor Web Part on the view page that contains CSS class modifications.