How do you cahange the background colour on word for mac?

[kt]

Hi,

I want to change the background colour on Word. I've tried Word > Preferences > General and there is an option called 'background repaintation' which sounds about right but it is greyed out!

Help!

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You mean the background color of the Print Layout window, the gray-blue
that surrounds the white page? Sorry, no way to change that (although
you can in Notebook Layout and Publishing Layout view)

Use Help | Send Feedback in Word to let MS know you'd like that
option--it's gotten a few requests already.

Background repagination is totally unrelated.

 

[CyberTaz]

Sorry kt -

Background Repagination has nothing to do with background color scheme & is
only operational when in Normal/Draft or Outline View. In fact, it's a
rather archaic option which is pretty much meaningless anymore...

But as to your question - There is no feature for the purpose of changing
the color of the area that surrounds the "page" when in Print Layout View,
which I assume is what you are referring to.

OTOH, if you mean the actual color of the page, you can use Format>
Background & pick a color in any given doc. It's primarily intended for
creating web pages, though, not for regular docs.

If I've missed your point entirely please post back with more specific
details & don't forget to indicate what version of Word you have.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[kt]

Thank you to both of you, that answers my question! It was a change in background colour whilst in page layout view that I wanted; oh well!