I’m using Office 365 Word (desktop) on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but you can use older versions. I’ll share only the mechanical process how you implement the feature is up to you. Keep in mind that adding a background color or picture to a document is much easier than designing a visually effective document. Both are easy to accomplish, technically speaking, and in this article, I’ll show you how to do both. For instance, you might want to change the background’s color or even use a picture as the document’s background. However, when a document requires more, Word offers many visual possibilities. That’s the way it should be though because most documents don’t require special graphics and colors. Most documents are rather boring–the same black text on a white background. This article was first published in December 2011 and was updated in March 2019. In the following tutorial, Susan Harkins explains the process when using Word 2010. Editor’s note: In the video, Brandon Vigliarolo uses Microsoft Office 365 and walks through the steps of adding colors or images to the background of your Word documents.

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