Add a background color
With the message open, click in the message body.
On the Format menu, point to Background, point to Color, and then click the
color you want.
Notes:This procedure works only for messages in HTML (HTML: The standard
markup language used for documents on the World Wide Web. HTML uses tags to
indicate how Web browsers should display page elements such as text and
graphics and how to respond to user actions.) format.
If Microsoft Word is your e-mail editor, see Word Help.
Specify the default stationery pattern for new messages
Setting the default stationery in Microsoft Outlook also sets the default
stationery in Microsoft Word. If you want to use a theme as the default, set
the default from Word. See Word Help for more information.
Set the default stationery for all new messages you create
From the main Outlook window, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then
click the Mail Format tab.
In the Compose in this message format list, click HTML.
In the Use this stationery by default list, click the stationery you want.
Specify a default stationery for one new message you create
On the Actions menu, point to New Mail Message Using, and then click the
stationery you want to use.
If the stationery you want is not listed, click More Stationery, and in the
Stationery list, click the one you want to use. For additional stationery
available from the Web, click Get More Stationery.
Note These procedures are available only if you use HTML as your message
format.
Hope this helps.
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