Add a Solid Colored Background

10/28/2009 11:39 AM
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The background Color Command uses the Color dialog to choose the color. See the Color Dialog article for a complete description of every field in the dialog. This article gives you all the information you need to add a colored background.

  • Click on Page Tab>Background Group>Color. This opens the Color dialog.

  • If you want to use one of the colors in this window, click on it and the page background fills with that color.
  • If you want more color choices, click on More Colors. This opens the Standard and the Custom dialogs.

 

  • Choose a color from the Standard tab, Select a color using the eyedropper tool or choose a color from the Custom tab.

Standard Tab

  • Click on a color. 
  • Click OK to apply the color.  
  • View the color in the New color preview window.

 Select Color Eyedropper

  • Click the Select button and your mouse changes from an arrow into an eye dropper.  
  • Move the eye dropper until the tip of the dropper is over the color you desire.  
  • Click over this color and check the Preview window to see the New color selected.  
  • Click OK to apply the color.   
  • If you want more choices, click on the Custom Tab 

Custom Tab

The Preview and Select color sections are the same as the ones in the Standard tab. The difference is that when you use the Custom tab, you have the ability to choose from a full range of colors and customize the colors you want to use.

  • Choose a color from this tab.
  • Click OK to apply the color to the background.

See also

Add a Background from the Gallery

Insert a Background from a File