Now click the button Color of the page and a box with the color palette will open.
#MICROSOFT WORD INSERT IMAGE IN BACKGROUND HOW TO#
If you want to know how to insert a background in Word and use Office 2010 / 2007, all you need to do is open the program through its link in the menu Home> All program> Microsoft Office Windows, open the document you want to change the background (if you want to apply it to an existing document) and click the tab Page design from the program toolbar. Then click on the item visit present in the left sidebar, put a check mark next to the item Print background colors and images and click to accept for the changes to be effective. If you want to enable custom background printing, click the button Archives which is in the upper left corner and select the item Options from the menu that opens. Note: By default, Word prints documents with a White background. To save the changes, go to the tab design Word and click the button Close header and footer (up to the right). Then click on the button Adjust text (always top right) and select the item Behind the text present in the menu that opens.įinally, open the menu Effects> colors y Image Styles (top left) and, if you wish, customize the background image of your document with shadows or other effects of your choice.įor example, to tone down the background colors and make it appear semi-transparent, you can select the option Soft colors of menu colors, while resizing the image, you can act directly with the mouse on it (using the indicators that appear on its edges). To do this, select the tab format Word click the button location (top right) and select the icon Position in the middle of the center with framed text from the menu that appears. To better understand what I am talking about, do Double click at the beginning of any page in your document and when the header menu appears click the button photos which is in the upper left.Īt this point, select the image you want to use as the background for your document, click on it (if it's not already automatically selected), and set it to appear in the center of the page behind the text.