changing the "page" from white to color

[kmany]

How does one complete the simple task of changing the page color (not the background - as help directs you to)...from white to a color of choice....??

I need for the WHOLE page to appear and save in the color of my choice and NOT as white...

Please help as I DO know word well but am stuck on a seemingly easy task....frustrated.....

 

[Graham Mayor]

In recent Word versions, it is format > background. Note this is a
non-printing background colour and is intended for web page use. If you want
a printable background colour, you need to add a filled text box to the
document header as a 'watermark' or background image, but note that printers
will not print to the edge of the page, so you would get a white border.


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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

You can change it to blue under Tools>Options>General

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Doug and Graham have given you some solutions depending on their varying
interpretations of what you're looking for. Doug assumes you want the
"paper" color of documents as displayed in Word to be different. Using "Blue
background, white text" is one way of achieving this. Another is to change
the window color in Control Panel | Display | Appearance. That affects
display only, however, not what will print, and it also affects the window
color in all Windows applications.

Graham assumes (correctly, I think) that you want to be able to print this
background color. As you've seen, Format | Background applies only to Web
pages and does not print. To get a printable background, you need a
watermark. You don't say what version of Word you have. If it is Word 2000
or earlier, see “HOW TO: Create a Watermark in Microsoft Word 2000†at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211324

If you have Word 2002, you can use Format | Background | Printed Watermark
to easily create a background that will print. If you have Word 2003, you
can use Format | Background to insert a Web-type background and then check
the box for "Background colors and images" on the Print tab of Tools |
Options to make this background print. But, as Graham points out, you won't
be able to print all the way to the edge because all printers have a defined
unprintable area. If you want a solid background color, your best bet is to
use colored paper.

How does one complete the simple task of changing the page color (not the

background - as help directs you to)...from white to a color of
choice....???

I need for the WHOLE page to appear and save in the color of my choice and NOT as white....

Please help as I DO know word well but am stuck on a seemingly easy

task....frustrated.....