Changing background color

[Guest]

How do I change the background color of a "section" of my document. I know I
can go to format and change the document background. Example, when I have a
cover page for a document that needs to have no color and the remaining pages
of the document needs to be in color what can I do? I have placed section
breaks but this doesn't help. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Graham Mayor]

If you are going to print this document use coloured paper or it will cost a
fortune in ink.

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[Guest]

The document is for an assignment where I'm building a Webquest requiring it
to have a background color. The coverpage needs to remain white (no fill
color).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

On the Layout tab of Page Setup, check the box for "Different first page."
Then, with the insertion point on the first page, View | Header and Footer.
Select the background and delete it.

Note that I'm assuming that your "background" is actually a "printed
watermark." If it's really a "background" (on a Web page), then these
instructions won't apply, as you'll see the background only in Web Layout
view, anyway.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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