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For example, to change the page background of one or more pages in a document to a watermark, you need to create a page style that uses the watermark background, and then apply the page style to the pages.</paragraph> 41<section id="define"> 42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10820" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Change the Page Background</paragraph> 43<list type="ordered"> 44<listitem> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10827" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph>.</paragraph> 46</listitem> 47<listitem> 48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1082F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Page Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph> 49</listitem> 50<listitem> 51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10837" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">In the list of page styles, right-click an item, and then choose <emph>New</emph>.</paragraph> 52</listitem> 53<listitem> 54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1083F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">On the <emph>Organizer</emph> tab page, type a name for the page style in the <emph>Name</emph> box.</paragraph> 55</listitem> 56<listitem> 57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1084B" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Next Style</emph> box, select the page style that you want to apply to the next page.</paragraph> 58</listitem> 59</list> 60<list type="unordered"> 61<listitem> 62<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10855" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To only apply the new page style to a single page, select "Default".</paragraph> 63</listitem> 64<listitem> 65<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10859" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To apply the new page style to all subsequent pages, select the name of the new page style.</paragraph> 66</listitem> 67</list> 68<list type="ordered" startwith="6"> 69<listitem> 70<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1085F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Background</emph> tab.</paragraph> 71</listitem> 72<listitem> 73<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10867" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">In the list box at the top, select whether you want a solid color or a graphic. Then select your options from the tab page.</paragraph> 74</listitem> 75<listitem> 76<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1086B" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 77</listitem> 78</list> 79</section> 80<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1087A" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Change the Page Background of All Pages in a Document</paragraph> 81<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1087E" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Before you begin, ensure that you have created a page style that uses a page background. See <link href="text/swriter/guide/pagebackground.xhp#define">To Change the Page Background</link> for details.</paragraph> 82<list type="ordered"> 83<listitem> 84<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10892" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph>.</paragraph> 85</listitem> 86<listitem> 87<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1089A" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Page Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph> 88</listitem> 89<listitem> 90<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108A2" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Double-click the page style that uses the page background that you want to apply.</paragraph> 91</listitem> 92</list> 93<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108A5" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Use Different Page Backgrounds in the Same Document</paragraph> 94<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108A9" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Before you begin, ensure that you have created a page style that uses a page background. See <link href="text/swriter/guide/pagebackground.xhp#define">To Change the Page Background</link> for details.</paragraph> 95<list type="ordered"> 96<listitem> 97<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108BD" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click in front of the first character of the paragraph where you want to change the page background.</paragraph> 98</listitem> 99<listitem> 100<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108C1" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Insert - Manual Break</emph>.</paragraph> 101</listitem> 102<listitem> 103<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108C9" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select <emph>Page break</emph>.</paragraph> 104</listitem> 105<listitem> 106<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108D1" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">In the <item type="menuitem">Style</item> box, select a page style that uses the page background.</paragraph> 107</listitem> 108</list> 109<list type="unordered"> 110<listitem> 111<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN108DB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To change the background of the current page only, select a page style where the Next Style option is set to "Default".</paragraph> 112</listitem> 113<listitem> 114<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108DF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To change the background of the current and subsequent pages, select a page style where the Next Style option is set to the name of the page style.</paragraph> 115<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN108E2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you want to change the page background later on in the document, repeat steps 1 to 3.</paragraph> 116</listitem> 117</list> 118<list type="ordered" startwith="5"> 119<listitem> 120<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108E8" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 121</listitem> 122</list> 123<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 124<embed href="text/swriter/guide/header_footer.xhp#header_footer"/> 125<embed href="text/swriter/guide/change_header.xhp#change_header"/> 126<embed href="text/swriter/guide/header_with_chapter.xhp#header_with_chapter"/> 127<embed href="text/swriter/guide/header_with_line.xhp#header_with_line"/> 128</body> 129</helpdocument> 130