[Rainvision]

how do i change the background colour on just ONE page?

[Jay Freedman]

Rainvision wrote:
how do i change the background colour on just ONE page?

Starting with the cursor somewhere in the text on that page -- not in a
header or footer -- use the tools on the Drawing toolbar (or the Insert
Shapes button in Word 2007) to draw a rectangle as large as the page. Set
its outline to No Line, set its fill color to the desired color, and set its
text wrapping to Behind Text.

Unless you have a photo printer that can print all the way to the edge of
the sheet, there will be an unprintable area around the outside, probably at
least 0.12 inch wide. This would also be true if you set a printed
background for all pages.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

[Carrie]

Jay,

I followed the steps you explained and it worked great except for one thing.
It is changing the color for all of my pages instead of the page I drew the
rectangle on. Any suggestions?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Rainvision wrote:
how do i change the background colour on just ONE page?

Starting with the cursor somewhere in the text on that page -- not in a
header or footer -- use the tools on the Drawing toolbar (or the Insert
Shapes button in Word 2007) to draw a rectangle as large as the page. Set
its outline to No Line, set its fill color to the desired color, and set its
text wrapping to Behind Text.

Unless you have a photo printer that can print all the way to the edge of
the sheet, there will be an unprintable area around the outside, probably at
least 0.12 inch wide. This would also be true if you set a printed
background for all pages.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

[Carrie]

Jay,

I followed the steps you explained and it worked great except for one thing.
It is changing the color for all of my pages instead of the page I drew the
rectangle on. Any suggestions?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Rainvision wrote:
how do i change the background colour on just ONE page?

Starting with the cursor somewhere in the text on that page -- not in a
header or footer -- use the tools on the Drawing toolbar (or the Insert
Shapes button in Word 2007) to draw a rectangle as large as the page. Set
its outline to No Line, set its fill color to the desired color, and set its
text wrapping to Behind Text.

Unless you have a photo printer that can print all the way to the edge of
the sheet, there will be an unprintable area around the outside, probably at
least 0.12 inch wide. This would also be true if you set a printed
background for all pages.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You must have done this with the insertion point in the page header instead
of the document body.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Carrie" wrote in message
...
Jay,

I followed the steps you explained and it worked great except for one
thing.
It is changing the color for all of my pages instead of the page I drew
the
rectangle on. Any suggestions?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Rainvision wrote:
how do i change the background colour on just ONE page?

Starting with the cursor somewhere in the text on that page -- not in a
header or footer -- use the tools on the Drawing toolbar (or the Insert
Shapes button in Word 2007) to draw a rectangle as large as the page. Set
its outline to No Line, set its fill color to the desired color, and set
its
text wrapping to Behind Text.

Unless you have a photo printer that can print all the way to the edge of
the sheet, there will be an unprintable area around the outside, probably
at
least 0.12 inch wide. This would also be true if you set a printed
background for all pages.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You must have done this with the insertion point in the page header instead
of the document body.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Carrie" wrote in message
...
Jay,

I followed the steps you explained and it worked great except for one
thing.
It is changing the color for all of my pages instead of the page I drew
the
rectangle on. Any suggestions?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Rainvision wrote:
how do i change the background colour on just ONE page?

Starting with the cursor somewhere in the text on that page -- not in a
header or footer -- use the tools on the Drawing toolbar (or the Insert
Shapes button in Word 2007) to draw a rectangle as large as the page. Set
its outline to No Line, set its fill color to the desired color, and set
its
text wrapping to Behind Text.

Unless you have a photo printer that can print all the way to the edge of
the sheet, there will be an unprintable area around the outside, probably
at
least 0.12 inch wide. This would also be true if you set a printed
background for all pages.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.