Before adding a background color to your digital scrapbook page, consider two
things. First, it will use more ink. Second, if you decide you
still want a color, make sure the background color compliments the photographs
you will be placing on the page.
The color will not cover the entire page when printing on your inkjet printer.
There will be a white border around the page.
To add a background color, click the “Page Layout” tab. Click the “Page
Color” (looks like a bucket of paint) in the menu bar. A window will pop up.
You have many choices, so experiment.
See what happens when you click “More Choices” or “Fill Effects”
when the window opens under “Page Color”. Under “Fill Effects” you
can choose “Gradient”, “Texture”, “Pattern” or “Picture”. With these
various choices you can create your own unique background.
Ok, you found the background you
want, but wait! Unless you have made the proper setting changes, your printer
will not print the background! Click on the round menu tab
in
the far upper left hand corner of the screen. (This is called the
Office Button). A window menu will open up. Move
your cursor over “print”, and a new menu will open to the right of it. Click on
“Print Preview” in that menu.
You will go to “Print Preview”, and from there you will see a new
menu bar, click on “Options”. Another window will open. Under “Print
Options”, place a check by “Print background colors and images”, then click
“okay”. You should now be able to see the background when you view your
page through “Print Preview”. To return to your page, click “Close print
preview."