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26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textswriterguidepagebackgroundxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Changing Page Backgrounds</title>
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32*1832f669Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id8431653">
33*1832f669Smseidel<bookmark_value>page styles;backgrounds</bookmark_value>
34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>backgrounds; different pages</bookmark_value>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>changing;page backgrounds</bookmark_value>
36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>pages;backgrounds</bookmark_value>
37cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>MW deleted "page backgrounds"</comment>
38cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107F4" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="pagebackground"><link href="text/swriter/guide/pagebackground.xhp">Changing Page Background</link>
39cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph>
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10812" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">$[officename] uses page styles to specify the background of the pages in a document. 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>
41cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="define">
42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10820" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Change the Page Background</paragraph>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
44cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10827" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph>.</paragraph>
46cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
47cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1082F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Page Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph>
49cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
50cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
51cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
52cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
53cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
54cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
55cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
57cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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59cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
60cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered">
61cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
62cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
63cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
64cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
65cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
66cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
67cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
68cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered" startwith="6">
69cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
70cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1085F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Background</emph> tab.</paragraph>
71cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
72cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
73cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
74cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
75cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
76cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1086B" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
77cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
78cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
79cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
80cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
81cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
82cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
83cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
84cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10892" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph>.</paragraph>
85cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
86cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
87cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1089A" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Page Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph>
88cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
89cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
90cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
91cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
92cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
93cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108A5" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Use Different Page Backgrounds in the Same Document</paragraph>
94cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
95cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
96cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
97cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
98cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
99cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
100cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108C1" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Insert - Manual Break</emph>.</paragraph>
101cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
102cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
103cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108C9" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select <emph>Page break</emph>.</paragraph>
104cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
105cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
10694e6a959SRegina Henschel<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>
107cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
108cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
109cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered">
110cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
111cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
112cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
113cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
114cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
115cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
116cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
117cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
118cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered" startwith="5">
119cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
120cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108E8" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
121cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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