[Kevin29]

Is it possible to set the background color for a single page or specific
pages of a word doc? All I can find is how to set the background color for
the entire document. I need to highlight certain pages of a report as
"future material included for reference only" and other ways of doing this
don't seem to be very visually distinguishing.

?

[Graham Mayor]

The backgrounds colour function is aimed at HTML documents, which don't
support pages. You could instead set a full page filled text box with its
wrap option set to 'behind the text'. To select such a text box later use
the white arrow selector on the drawing toolbar. Most printers are incapable
of printing to the edge of the page - whether it be for a background or text
box.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kevin29 wrote:
Is it possible to set the background color for a single page or
specific pages of a word doc? All I can find is how to set the
background color for the entire document. I need to highlight
certain pages of a report as "future material included for reference
only" and other ways of doing this don't seem to be very visually
distinguishing.

?

[Kevin29]

Great! That does the trick. Thanks for the explanation and the solution!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The backgrounds colour function is aimed at HTML documents, which don't
support pages. You could instead set a full page filled text box with its
wrap option set to 'behind the text'. To select such a text box later use
the white arrow selector on the drawing toolbar. Most printers are incapable
of printing to the edge of the page - whether it be for a background or text
box.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kevin29 wrote:
Is it possible to set the background color for a single page or
specific pages of a word doc? All I can find is how to set the
background color for the entire document. I need to highlight
certain pages of a report as "future material included for reference
only" and other ways of doing this don't seem to be very visually
distinguishing.

?

[Graham Mayor]

You are welcome

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kevin29 wrote:
Great! That does the trick. Thanks for the explanation and the
solution!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The backgrounds colour function is aimed at HTML documents, which
don't support pages. You could instead set a full page filled text
box with its wrap option set to 'behind the text'. To select such a
text box later use the white arrow selector on the drawing toolbar.
Most printers are incapable of printing to the edge of the page -
whether it be for a background or text box.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kevin29 wrote:
Is it possible to set the background color for a single page or
specific pages of a word doc? All I can find is how to set the
background color for the entire document. I need to highlight
certain pages of a report as "future material included for reference
only" and other ways of doing this don't seem to be very visually
distinguishing.

?

[S Chatterjee]

In this case page headers & footers are vanishing. What is the solution
please.

-- Sougata

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You are welcome

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kevin29 wrote:
Great! That does the trick. Thanks for the explanation and the
solution!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The backgrounds colour function is aimed at HTML documents, which
don't support pages. You could instead set a full page filled text
box with its wrap option set to 'behind the text'. To select such a
text box later use the white arrow selector on the drawing toolbar.
Most printers are incapable of printing to the edge of the page -
whether it be for a background or text box.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kevin29 wrote:
Is it possible to set the background color for a single page or
specific pages of a word doc? All I can find is how to set the
background color for the entire document. I need to highlight
certain pages of a report as "future material included for reference
only" and other ways of doing this don't seem to be very visually
distinguishing.

?

[Graham Mayor]

Does this have anything to do with the thread you have posted into?
Can you explain the problem and include the Word version?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



S Chatterjee wrote:
In this case page headers & footers are vanishing. What is the
solution please.

-- Sougata

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You are welcome

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kevin29 wrote:
Great! That does the trick. Thanks for the explanation and the
solution!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The backgrounds colour function is aimed at HTML documents, which
don't support pages. You could instead set a full page filled text
box with its wrap option set to 'behind the text'. To select such a
text box later use the white arrow selector on the drawing toolbar.
Most printers are incapable of printing to the edge of the page -
whether it be for a background or text box.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Kevin29 wrote:
Is it possible to set the background color for a single page or
specific pages of a word doc? All I can find is how to set the
background color for the entire document. I need to highlight
certain pages of a report as "future material included for
reference only" and other ways of doing this don't seem to be
very visually distinguishing.

?