The usual color swatch is displayed, allowing you to set your own background color for the
Read More document. Simply hovering over a color will apply a live preview. This is especially helpful if your document is already written, because then you can see how the contrast between text and background looks. You can hover over several colors before you select one, or you can just click away from the panel to close it down without selecting one.
The color gallery we have just seen applies a solid color to the background. However, you can apply more sophisticated effects by clicking on Fill Effects.
The four tabs allow you to set a:
- gradient – where one color merges smoothly into another. You set the colours and where they change.
- texture – there is a gallery of preset textures for you to choose from. Textures are actually images that repeat seamlessly, and if you have one of your own on your computer you can use that.
- pattern – there is a collection of ready made patterns for you to use. You can even customize the foreground and background colors
- picture – select a picture from your computer, from office.com Clip Art or from Bing Image Search and then see it displayed in the background of your document.
