How to Decorate Documents With Backgrounds in Microsoft Word 2003
- 1). Open the document that you wish to add a background to. Open and run your application and then load the document that you wish to work on.
- 2). Choose the background color. Click on “Format” and then click on “Background.” You can choose a color from the available color palette, or you can click “More Colors” to choose your custom color.
- 3). Create a custom color. Under the “More Colors” feature in the background color menu, you can click on the “Custom” tab and determine the custom color for your background.
- 4). Determine background fill effects. Click on the “Fill Effects” field and you can change the fill effects of the background. Under the “Gradient” tab you can choose the colors, the transparency and the shading styles by selecting the desired radial buttons.
- 5). Select a texture. Click on the “Textures” tab and you can choose a background texture by clicking on a texture icon.
- 6). Add a pattern. Click on the “Patterns” tab and you can select a pattern and a pattern style by clicking on a pattern and choosing the pattern style from the drop-down menu.
- 7). Insert a background picture. Click on the “Picture” tab and you can browse to, insert, size and even label a background picture.
- 8). Implement the changes. Click on the “Okay” button to implement the changes.